Clarion 1980-10-24 Vol 56 No 07

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Bethel's external security system begins at 10 p.m. when a seminary student mans the guard shack.
e Clarion. Vol. 56, No. 7 Bethel College, St. Paul, MN Oct. 24, 1980
Students capitalize on D.C. studies
by Leann M. Kicker
"The objective of Be-thel's
security program is
to maintain safety for cam-pus
residents day and
night," said Jim Woods,
director of physical plant.
Woods coordinates a for-mal
security system that
depends on the entire Be-thel
community for suc-cess.
"We rely on cooperation
of students and faculty for
security," said Woods. "I
see great cooperation of
students and faculty for
security," said Woods. "I
see great cooperation of
the st udent body and I
appreciate that because I
can't do the job alone."
Bethel's security system
has two parts: internal and
external. External security
really begins at 10 p.m. At
that time the guard on du-ty,
a Bethel Seminary stu-dent,
locks the gate to Hwy.
51, the "new" Snelling exit.
Throughout the evening he
checks incoming cars for
Bethel I.D. or legitimate
purposes for entering the
campus. Periodically he
leaves the guard shack to
patrol the campus in a
truck.
The guard has a phone
in the patrol shack to check
on people entering the cam-pus
and make contact with
the Ramsey County She-riff
office should there be
a need. The Sheriff's de-partment
has been very
cooperative with Bethel
and Woods expects this
cooperation to continue.
The guard also records
in a log book all visitors
who enter the campus and
any unusual events. The
guard outside can be in
touch with the internal se-curity
guard at any time
Woods said that he wants
students to know that they
are not all alone at night.
Inside the campus secur-ity
starts at about 6 p.m.
when a person comes on
duty to coordinate the stu-dent
custodial program.
This guard also checks for
by Naomi Ludeman
With Bethel's new plus
and minus grating system
now in effect, teachers
have the option of affixing
a plus or minus to a grade
starting this semester. The
1980-81 Bethel registration
.catalog explains on page
ten that a plus increases
the number of grade points
awarded by 0.3 and a min-us
decreases the number
of grade points awarded
by 0.3. The scale of pass-ing
grades is as follows:
Grade Grade Points
A 4.0
A- 3.7
B+ 3.3
B 2.0
B- 2.7
equipment failure.
At 11 p.m. another guard
comes on duty. Both then
lock up the buildings and
ask remaining students to
leave unless they have a
pass signed by a profes-sor.
The 11 p.m. guard
makes the rounds of the
building four to five times
a night to check the equip-ment
and look for unauth-orized
persons.
If there would be any
problems the guard can
easily call the fire depart-ment,
police, engineer or
Grade Grade Points
C+ 2.3
C 2.0
C- 1.7
D+ 1.3
D 1.0
Instituting the new grade
system could have at least
four effects. The new sys,
tem may raise or lower
one's grade point average
(GPA). If a student just
missed an A, he would
now have a B+ or an A-.
This change could add at
least 0.3 or up to 0.7 points
to his GPA. Previously, he
would have received the
same number of points as
the student who is on the
edge of a C.
Paul Finlay, registrar,
by Jerry Manus
The American Studies
Program allows students
to work in political offices
in Washington, D.C., and
observe the government ma-chine
at its heart.
Students in this program
spend three-or four-month
terms attending seminars
and serving voluntarily as
interns in government of-fices
in the nation's capitol.
The internships are in-tended
to give students
experience and understand-ing
in areas of government
that interest them. Intern-
Woods. Woods said he has
had "...no calls so far this
year."
Woods likes to think the
program is quite adequate.
However, "if money per-mitted
it would be nice to
have two guards on duty
outside at night." Now there
is only one with a shift
change every four hours.
According to Woods Be-thel
has been very lucky
as far as security goes.
"We don't have the, prob-lems
other schools have; I
hope we never do."
predicts that the overall
GPA will drop. Dwight
Jessup, director of academ-ic
affairs, disagrees with
Finlay and is eager to see
the results of fall semes-ter.
Philip Sackett, associate
professor of chemistry on
leave this year, proposed
the change at Bethel. Two
years ago the academic pol-icies
committee and facul-ty
voted to implement the
system.
Although the majority
of faculty favored the plus/
minus system, there were
many teachers opposed.
Therefore, each faculty
member may choose whe-ther
to use the system.
"The Option was provided
because of the difficulty
see page 3
ships are available in Con-gress
and other areas in-.
cluding the judicial system,
municipal government, news
media and international or-ganizations.
The intern-ships
involve 20 hours per
week, usually five week-day
mornings.
The seminars cover the
areas of international af-fairs,
economy, domestic
politics, criminal justice
and presidential elections.
The seminars attempt to
apply Christian perspec-tive
to these issues. Semin-ars
are held three after-noons
per week.
has been very favorable.
Debbie Watson, one of sev-eral
Bethel students who
have attended the program
said, "It was wonderful.
The program was good and
forced me to think. It got
me going in the right dir-ection."
Some students stay
on in Washington to work
after completing the pro-gram.
Food and housing are
provided for participating
students right on Capitol
Hill, with convenient ac-cess
to the main govern-ment
buildings.
The American Studies
Program was begun in 1976
by the Christian College
Consortium/Coalition, of
which Bethel is a member.
The program is available
to college juniors and sen-iors
with a G.P.A. of at least
3.0, who attend schools
that are members of the
Consortium/Coalition.
The program runs from
September through May,
and is closed in the sum-mer.
Students may begin
the program on the first of
any month, though Sep-tember,
February, or March
are preferred.
Applications for the '81
interim program must be
in by Nov. 1.
Bethel security blankets cam
Plus/minus: multiple effects
US AJanuary interim pro-gram
is available and in-volves
an intensive one-month
study on major cur-rent
topics. The '81 interim
program will cover the to-pics
of genetic engineer-ing,
the threat of nuclear
war and the energy crisis.
Emphasis will be placed
on considering how to face
and deal with these issues
from a Christian stand-point.
The interim pro-gram
does not include in-ternships,
as do the three-and
four-month programs.
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American Studies program
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Lifestyle violations: everyone loses
To the Editor:
Please address this open
letter to the students of
Bethel, and especially to
the students I met Mon-day
night at Perkins:
Dear Students:
I'm sorry for coming
across so strongly at Per-kins
last night. I didn't
mean to intimidate you or
harass you; I only meant
to open your eyes in con-sideration
of other people.
I hope I haven't made any
enemies, but I fear I have. I
wish I hadn't been so rushed
so I could better explain
why I feel the way I do.
I am loyal to Bethel, even
with its faults, and believe
that the lifestyle statement
is there for everyone to
obey. It should not be there
to be ignored or laughed at
by those who follow it.
Please realize that you and
I have signed a contract to
conduct ourselves in a cer-tain
manner. If we break
that contract, we could be
expelled from school.
I was angry when I saw
you smoking with all your
friends. I wanted to level
you but I realized that
would be inappropriate
and meaningless. I could
report you, but I won't.
You have your conscience
to deal with, and the Lord
to reconcile with you.
I hope you will consider
my advice, for I meant to
give it in a loving manner.
I know there is a corn-mandment
to help my
stumbling brothers, but I
hope I haven't pushed you
over. I'm lending a hand to
you now, openly in this
letter. Please get in touch
with me; I'd like to talk to
you and apologize in per-son.
Believe it or not, I love
you. I will be praying for
you, even if you'd rather I
didn't. Usually those who
don't think they need pray-er
need it the most. I'm
crying inside because I see
a hurting brother and there
doesn't seem to be a lot I
can do about it. I hope I
haven't embarrassed you
in either the confrontation
at Perkins or in this letter.
I pray you can come to
grips with this and please
keep me informed.
With Christ's love,
Curly
PO 2121
To the Editor:
Entering my third year
at Bethel, I have met many
different people and have
been involved in various
activities with the student
body. Through this inter-action,
I have discovered a
disturbing aspect of mine
and many others' priori-ties.
It is that of understand-ing
our responsibility to
God and to our fellow
human beings. Many
times it is easier to look
inward and he concerned
only with yourself rather
than showing our love and
concern to those around
us.
In I Peter 2:9, Peter
writes, "You are a chosen
people, a royal priesthood,
a holy nation, a people
belonging to God, that you
may declare the praises of
him who called you out of
darkness into his wonder-ful
light."
In this verse Peter ad-dresses
two issues: one,
the fact that we are a cho-sen
people. God has
blessed us more than we
will ever realize. II is a
See page 3
Shout praises to God
for the little blessings
Page 2
editorial
Apathy does not suffice
on Moral Majority issue
The people in the community called Bethel have not
infrequently been accused of possessing a quality
known as apathy. We have been told that we seem
unconcerned about a myriad of "things," from hunger-stricken
children in undeveloped countries, to chapel
services, to fun-filled social activities, to politics. Now
we are faced with a question of concern about the
latter—politics.
For many this is not even a question; instead they
ask, "who cares?" But yet we cannot shirk a responsibil-ity
so easily. When we get down to the brass tacks of the
matter there is no question: we do need a degree of
concern.
A recognized faction in this nation has decided to
take into their hands the task of making politics moral.
That is no single endeavor, considering that politics
have been under scrutiny for lack of moral standards
since the days of Aristotle, Demosthenes and Plato.
(One could even go so far as to say that government
leaders have been criticized for lack of morality since
the Old Testament days.)
Election year 1980 will be remembered for the resur-gence
of a moral cry—a plea for the return to "Christian
morality." Carried in this issue of the Clarion is an
article which tells of the Moral Majority, the Religious
Roundtable and the Christian Voice, three major organ-izations
under the New Right.
These three groups are advocating political involve-ment
by Christians, and support for particular stands
on key moral issues. Together, they are having a strong
influence on the political sentiment of concerned voters,
especially those who claim to be evangelicals.
For this reason the Clarion wishes to bring the New
Right into the limelight. We are an evangelical school.
We claim to be of high moral standards. We have a
responsibility in the decision-making processes of our
government. These groups use the name Christian to
back their stands. We need to evaluate their positions
and determine the "Christian-ness" of what they are
saying.
i We are not condemning the New Right and what it
stands for, nor are we waving a flag of approval. We are
merely raising the issue to awareness.
The Moral Majority makes three claims worth con-sidering:
1) America has more God-fearing citizens per
capita than any other nation, 2) America is the only
hope for the Jews and 3) America is the Iasi logical base
for world evangelism.
The Christian Voice has two goals in mind: 1) to bring
out the "moral" issues, and 2) to find the politicians who
are for these issues, such as pro-abortion, pro-ERA and
pro-sex education, and get them out of office.
The New Right deals with questions of abortion,
pornography, homosexuals, school prayer, military
strength, the American family, decency in television
programming, freedom of worship, school busing, bal-anced
budget and child abuse.
Because of the strength of the New Right, evangeli-cals
are needing to take a closer look at what is some-times
called a lesser-of-three-evils election. These peo-ple
are banding together to try to force morality into the
government; they do not deny their motive and ill lima to
goal. Are they righl?Are they radical, or are they fight-ing
a worthless bat Ile?
Three questions can be asked when confronting the
New Right: 1) Should the church be involved in polit-ics'?
2) Are the issues represented by the groups "moral"
issues — do they include issues that don't have any
relation to morality or exclude some that do'? 3) Is this
the Christian stand?
There are no hard, fast answers. We do not try to
pretend that there are. The New Right is calling itself
Christian, calling forth evangelicals nal ionwide. We are
Christians. Does that make us synonymous with them?
Bethel Alumna of the Year, Ruby Eliason, spoke in the Home-coming
Chapel last Friday. A missionary nurse for 25 years in
India, Eliason is the first woman ever chosen for the yearly
award (photo courtesy of Publicity Office).
Randy's classmate.
Dwight Jessup, director of academic affairs, urges students not
to be "overly concerned" about the new grading system.
Page 3
It is a small world after all
Dear Editor
Bryan Galloway's com-ments
written on the beef
board about the artwork
on campus invoked some
thought on my part. I
think his views concern-ing
the invasion of space
"junk" is fitting. A com-ment
was added to his let-ter
asking for concern of
the artist's feelings.
Don't we, the students,
from page 2
privilege to attend a Chris-tian
college where there
are people who care fo you
and who love you and
where you are more than
just a number.
It is a blesSing to live in
a country where we are
not persecuted for our
Christian belief. The list
goes on and on. It is time
that we as a student body
started to realize our bless-ings,
rather than just our
problems.
The second issue is that
of declaring the praises of
God. Whether this would
be in witnessing, volun-teer
work or church activ-ity,
we all have a respon-sibility
to God for our
activities.
If each student would
give only one hour, of vo-have
feelings? Let's be
serious. Now this is not to
say that the work should
not be allowed on campus.
I think it should be limited
to specific areas and ro-tated
throughout the year.
This would give us uncul-tured
folk a chance to see
everything, but not re-quire
us to stare at it inde-finitely.
I can appreciate
art in its place, but its
lunteer service, per week,
Bethel students would be
giving a total of 2,000
hours per week. If we can
grasp the impact 2,000
hours of service would
have have on our commun-ity,
we would begin to see
miracles in action.
It is my personal chal-lenge
to each Bethel stu-dent
that he or she not
only volunteer a certain
number of hours each
week to some Christian
service, but that the love
of Christ will begin to
show in all aspects of our
life, both on the campus
and off. It is time for us to
pick up our membership
in God's holy family and
start shouting the praises
of God rather than whis-pering
them.
Dave Lucas
Randy Pate.
by Ginger Hope
Bethel's orchestra pro-gram
has implemented two
major changes to better
serve Bethel's instrumen-talists,
according to Cha-rles
B. Olson, director of
instrumental music.
Instead of rehearsing as
a group at Bethel, orches-tra
members are encour-aged
to participate in the
Metropolitan Inter-Colle-giate
Orchestra (MICO).
Players from five area col-leges
(Augsburg, Bethel,
Hamline, Macalester and
St. Thomas/St. Catherine's)
place is not all over cam-pus.
Respectfully yours,
Arthur Gibbens
Clarion readers
should remember
letter's principles
Dear Editor:
I am concerned that Pro-fessor
Grudem's response
(Clarion, 10/17/80) to the
examples in my article have
diverted readers from the
basic principles. As a remin-der,
the principles were: 1)
"disembodied" facts and
figures are often\mislead-ing,
and 2) voters should
focus on the ideological
presuppositions of candi-dates,
not simply their
stands on specific and
transient issues. (By the
way, Professor Grudem's
"single most important is-sue"
(p. 2) that discrimi-nates
among candidates is
the pro-life amendment,
not abortion—there is a
difference.)
Respectfully yours,
M. Roe
Department of Psychology
When people say "it's a
small world," you better
believe them. This semes-ter
I met a girl from Indi-ana,
my home state. This
was not earthshattering
news by any means but
when she told me she
lived near my hometown
of Hartford City I got in-terested
real fast.
Hartford City is one of
those "blink-and-you'll-make
up the year-old or-ganization.
Approximately 15 Be-thel
students play in the
60-member orchestra.
"MICO provides a large
orchestral experience for
those who would otherwise
be involved in small pro-grams,"
explained Olson.
MICO concerts will be
from page 1
for some faculty to grade
with the plus/minus."
Jessup also commented
that "students might ques-tion
teachers more about
their grades. This could
mean more pressure for
the teachers. It will be fun
to see if teachers use it."
A second possible effect
deals with special finan-cial
aids. These include
scholarships and grants
such as ALLISS, academic
scholarships, participation
grants and the Ministerial
Grant. Each of these spe-cial
aids have eligibility
grade standards. In the new
system, if a student receives
three C's and a C- his GPA
would be 1.92. If his grant
demanded a 2.00 average
he would be ineligible.
GPA does not affect
one's eligibility for regular
financial aid. Dan Nelson,
director of financial aid,
said, "If the student doesn't
qualify for special aids, he
may have to be on a work-study
program and take
out some loans."
The third effect will be
"a more fair distribution
of grades," commented Fin-lay.
The plus/minus sys-tem
will more accurately
represent each student's
accomplishments. "Stu-dents
who will benefit are
the ones who are just miss-ing
the higher grade," said
Jessup.
Finlay said that there
will be no change on the
academic progress and pro-miss-'
em-towns." But the
real killer was that we
were in kindergarten to-gether.
She moved away
after that year to a town
30 miles away. How often
have you known someone
for one year when you are
five years old and then
met them again 13 years
later in a different part of
the country? I'd say it's a
pretty small world.
given at participating col-leges
and throughout the
metropolitan area.
The second facet of the
new program is the forma-tion
of the "Bethel Com-munity
Orchestra." This
group will consist of stu-dents,
faculty, alumni and
other area adults. The
bation policy. This policy
is explained on page 13 of
the registration catalog.
This means that a student
who achieves a 1.92 GPA,
because of a C-, could be
put on probation or dis-missed.
There is one more pos-sible
effect. The pressure
of academic competition
could increase because of
the new system. Students
might tend to work more
for the grade than to gain
and apply to knowledge.'
group will rehearse Tues-day
evenings from 7:30-
9:30. The ensemble will
give concerts in surround-ing
communities, as well
as regular appearances at
Bethel.
For further information
about the Bethel Commun-ity
Orchestra contact Ol-son
or the music office.
"This depends on the stu-dent's
attitudes," said one
student. Some students feel
that the change could en-courage
people to work
harder at their studies. Fin-lay
commented that "it
would be unfortunate to
lose the joy of learning."
Jessup said, finally, "In
my own mind, I don't know
if the plus and minus sys-tem
will make that much
of a difference. It is nothing
to be overly concerned
about."'
letters
Art has a place, but so many?
Bethel Community Orchestra in works
Plus/minus now available
compiled by Jay Russell
Captain's club in '64:
food, music and more
Page 4
New Right supports family
From the October 21, 1964
issue
Mantoux tests.
All students, from both
the seminary and college,
were required to take the
Mantoux test, a medical
test which determines whe-ther
tuberculin germs were
present in a person's sys-tem.
Health workers admin-istered
the test for two
days in the student lounge
of the college building on
old campus. Students were
to report back a few days
later for a reading of the
test.
In the test a small
amount of active tubercu-lin
germs is injected under
the skin of the arm. If the
test is positive the person
has the tuberculin germ.
This does not indicate an
active case of T.B., but
merely shows the germ's
presence."
The test was adminis-tered
free, but any student
who failed to take the test
was fined $5.
Sem cornerstone
The new seminary com-plex
was under construc-tion
on new campus, and
in 1964 the cornerstone
was installed as part of
the homecoming activities.
The seminary faculty put
items such as a Bible, co-pies
of the Standard and
the Clarion and a semi-nary
catalogue in the cor-nerstone.
Captain's Cabin Club.
"Captain's Cabin," a sup-per
club for couples who
enjoy "a soft musical din-ner
atmosphere, was ini-tiated
in the fall of 1964.*
The club met in the Presi-dent's
dining room, but be-cause
of the limited capac-ity,
membership was limit-ed
to thirty couples. Mem-bership
cards were issued
to "thirty fellows and gold
anchor pins (were given)
to thirty girls." Selection
of couples was based on
interest and support for
the project.
Couples were charged
50 cents per week for mem-bership,
and $1 when enter-tainment
was provided dur-ing
the dinner hour. The
club's entertainment fea-tured
a variety of perfor-mers,
from magicians and
hyponotists to classical mu-sicians.
Often dinners were
centered around cultural
themes, with the food, en-tertainment
and atmos-phere
based on cultures
such as those of Japan,'
Sweden and Italy.
Club membership was
"not on a strictly couple
basis." Because space was
limited, the club was hop-ing
to reorganize in the
coffeeshop to include more
students.
McCarthy election.
Minnesota's junior sena-tor,
Eugene J. McCarthy,
was running for re-election
in the national elections of
1964, and addressed "the
poster-packed bleachers of
students and faculty in a
convocation lecture. After
his presentation, McCarthy
answered questions from
the audience. His republi-can
opponent, Wayzata
Mayor Wheelock Whitney,
addressed the Bethel corn-munity
two days earlier.
by Annette Loeks
Jerry Falwell and the
Moral Majority organiza-tion
he leads say they are
trying to raise the moral
standards of our country
by electing government of-ficials
who share their
views.
"A minority of secular
humanists and amorals are
-running this country and
taking it straight to hell,"
said Jerry Falwell in the
September 13th issue of
"Time" magazine. "The mor-alist
s in America have had
enough. We are joining
hands for the changing,
the rejuvenation of a na-tion,"
he said in the Sep-tember
15th issue of "News-week"
magazine.
The Moral Majority de-fines
itself as pro-family,
for balancing the budget,
voluntary prayer in public
schools and a secure Is-rael.
It is against abortion,
ERA, gay rights, sex edu-cation,
drugs, pornography,
SALT II, a Department of
Education and defense
cuts.
According to "Time," this
group helped oust two lib-eral
U.S. senators from of-fice
(Dick Clark of Iowa
and Thomas McIntyre of
New Hampshire), elect gov-ernor
Bob James of Ala-bama,
block passage of the
ERA in fifteen states, dis-rupt
the White House Con-ference
on the Family, and
shape large sections of the
GOP platform.
Christian Voice, an ally
of the Moral Majority, has
compiled a list of how sen-ators
and congressmen
voted in 1979 on what Chris-tian
Voice considered to
be fourteen key moral is-sues.
Those that voted for such
things as school prayer
and the Kemp-Roth bill to
cut income tax by 30 per
cent were given high rat-ings.
Those in favor of
ERA and a constitutional
amendment allowing abor-tions
were rated low.
Newsweek reported that
four ordained clergyman
in congress received the
lowest ratings while Rep.
Richard Kelly, one of the
Abscam bribery defen-dants,
was given a perfect,
100 per cent rating.
Congressman Paul Si-mon,
democrat from Illi-nois
and a noted Christian
politician was rated zero
by the Moral Majority. In
an interview with "The
Wittenburg Door" Simon
said, "I voted in favor of a
Department of Education.
For someone to see a moral
issue there...stretches my
mind. So I get a zero:"
"We believe we repres-ent
a majority of Ameri-can
people," said Tim La-
Haye, a member of the
Moral Majority and pas -
tor of Scott Memorial
Church in El Cajon Cal., in
an interview with "The
Wittenburg Door." "Govern-ment
today is legislating
immorality. It is making it
easy for people to sin. We
are leaving the biblically-based
moral standards."
According to a Gallup
poll reported in "News-week"
magazine, evange-lical
Christians are as di-vided.
as America, even
though the Christians are
more conservative than the
nation as a whole.
Evangelical Christians fa-vor
Carter over Reagan 52
per cent to 31 per cent.
Fifty-three per cent are for
ERA and only 41 per cent
want to ban abortion.
"The church should be
realistic," said Paul Si-mon.
"There are two levels
of morality: personal and
public. When in the Illi-nois
legislature I opposed
Sunday closing laws be-cause
we have to be sensi-tive
to the Seventh Day
Adventists and Orthodox
Jews."
The Moral Majority was
founded three years ago
by a group of politicians
who were unhappy with
Carter's backing of ERA
and failing to stop the fed-eral
funding of abortions.
The group went to Falwell
for financial support, ac-cording
to "Newsweek"
magazine.
see page 5
Spanish prof 'poetizes,' plays tunes
by Roger Smolik
For Curtis Barnett, new
assistant professor of Span-ish,
this year promises to
be a learning experiece as
much for him as for his
students. Yet for Barnett,
a native of the Spanish-speaking
western Carib-bean
Grand Cayaman Is-lands,
learning to deal with
the new is virtually old
hat by now. "If everyone
else can survive the Min-nesota
winter," said Bar-nett,
"then I can too." -
"There were few teach-ers
on the Islands," explain-ed
Barnett of his insatiable
curiosity as a child. As a
result, with a little train-ing
and a lot of inspiration,
he virtually taught himself
to play the piano, mando=
lin, guitar and violin.
He also taught himself
to tune pianos. "Twice each
year I go back almost spe-cifically
to tune pianos,"
said Barnett. "There are
over 200 pianos on the
Islands, and the residents
have almost no one else
they can depend on to do
that for them."
Aside from his love of
languages and music, Bar-nett
is also an accomplish-ed
writer. Currently, he
has a book of poetry avail-able
in the bookstore. And
what is his inspiration for
writing? "Christina,"
laughs Barnett, referring
to his Swiss fiancee. "She
has become my muse."
When he was almost 16,
his family moved to Brook-lyn,
New York, where he
finished high school. Be-fore
long, he shared his
brother's appraisal of New
York City: "It is not hea-ven's
hammock."
Barnett spent two years
at Houghton College, work-ing
as a reporter, then
sports editor, on the school
newspaper. Following a
summer of study at the
Institute de Estudio Ibe-roamericanos
in Mexico,
he graduated with honors
in Spanish from Brooklyn
College in 1971.
In September, 1971, he
enrolled for his master's
degree at Brooklyn College,
graduating in June 1976.
His studies included nine
months at the Universidad
de Seville in
Spain. His thesis for his
master's degree was on
Don Juana, better known
as "Juana the Mad," as a
dramatic character.
Before receiving his mas-ter's
he began teaching
Spanish at Brooklyn Col-lege.
Barnett is now work-ing
on his Ph.D. in His-panic
literature at Colum-bia
University.
Barnett was surprised
and delighted to receive
an offer to teach at Bethel.
"It was an answer to pray-er,"
he said. "I'm happy to
be at a Christian school,"
he went on, "but it is only
as Christian as the teach-ers
and the students are.
And, there is always room
for improvement."
With an international
perspective, Barnett hopes
to help his students see
beyond the borders, of Be-thel,
and of our own cul-ture,
to that of other peo-ples
and lifestyles. This
January in collaboration
with Lillian Ryberg, Bar-nett
hopes to lure some
Bethel students "beyond
the borders" on an interim
trip to Mexico.
For the effervescent Cur-tis
L.E. Barnett, learning
never stops. "If there is one
thing that we all need to
continue to learn," added
Barnett, "is that, even
though it sounds cliche,
we must learn to 'Trust in
the Lord with all our
hearts, and trust not in our
own understanding'."
Curtis Barnett, from the Spanish-speaking Caribbean, plans to
face the Minnesota winter bravely (photo by Dan Velie).
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Special Note: This article originally came to the Clar-ion
office as a letter to the editor. Upon careful reading
of the letter the Clarion felt that the information con-tained
therein would be valuable open column material.
Thus the following, by Cheryl Meltzer, Biblical and
theological studies professor, appears in its revised
form.
The Sept. 26 Clarion had as one of its feature articles the
background of my coming to Bethel. I wish to comment
on one statement in the article which is only a partial
truth, and which creates a very serious misunderstand-ing.
The statement is: "When she married she decided to
convert to Judaism."
I would like to explain some important things about
my family background which I hope will help to clarify
my rather unusual situation. My family is of obscure
Jewish lines. My parents became born-again Christians
before I entered the world, and I grew up in a conserva-tive
Protestant church community in central Wiscon-sin.
I learned of my Jewish identity from my family,
though it was not always a positive approach. My
family is very skeptical and hesitant about close Jewish
connections, mainly because of a lack of proper theolog-ical
teaching. As my thinking developed, as well as my
personal relationship with the Lord, I began to see that
the negative ways of looking at my Jewish identity
which I imbibed from my family were not in keeping
with what God was saying in his Word.
Being born-again is a very important part of my iden-tity,
but being a Jew has always been a fact of my
existence. Before God I was born a Jew, and before God
I will die a Jew. To say that I should have rejected this
sense of personal identity when I became born-again is
to say that a Swede must stop calling himself a Swede
when he becomes born-again.
The question "who is a Jew?" is exceptionally compli-cated
and one which the government and rabbinic
councils in Israel are still debating. The accepted legal
definition of a Jew is a person who has a Jewish mother.
The Jewishness of one's mother is proven by synagogue
birth and marriage records. Because of my personal
not rejected
family history I did not have these records. When I
married, I established the necessary records so that my
children will be able to be certain of their status in the
world.
I strongly object to the use of the term "convert" to
refer to this legalizing of my Jewish identity. "Conver-sion"
involves changing from one set of beliefs to
another. My beliefs were not at all involved in the
legalizing of my Jewish identity. In fact, in the strict
understanding of the meaning of the term "convert," I
also object to its use to describe the occasion when I
became born-again. I did not give up my Jewish beliefs
and practices when I believed that Jesus is my Messiah.
In fact, I did a very Jewish thing. The hope of the
Messiah is a Jewish hope. the need for a blood atonement
is Jewish theology. Gentiles (i.e., pagans) may "con-vert,"
but I, as a Jew, returned to the faith of Abraham
fulfilled in the Messiah (Hebrews 11:8-16).
That great rabbi of the past, Saul of Taurus, says a
number of very important things about how careful
Jewish and Gentile believers must be to not give offense
to one another as well as unbelievers of either back-ground.
Throughout the potentially dangerous uphea-vals
of intellectual _growth and its integration with
remained a believer because of the support and help of
born-again Gentiles. I love and cherish these friends. I
also love my own people and understand their sensi-tivities.
Jewish people have been taught to believe that they
are traitors to their people if they accept Jesus as their
Messiah, and most Gentile believers (if they have been
taught anything at all on the subject) have been taught
that in order for a Jew to become born-again he must
reject all that is essential to Judaism, in the same way
that a pagan would have to reject Hinduism, et. al.
These two misunderstandings are realities with
which I have to deal in some concrete way nearly every
day. The issues involved are complicated, and I wel-come
any opportunity I have to discuss them with
concerned individuals.
Shalom b'yeshua,
Cheryl D. Meltzer
by Annette Loeks
Dwight "Butch" Maltby,
holder of national titles in
forensics competition, is
the new face in Bethel's
speech-communication
department. Maltby teach-es
some classes and coach-es
forensics.
When Maltby was in
eighth grade, the high
school debate coach came
into his history class one
day with a student deba-ter
looking for recruits. Af-ter
listening to the coach
give the debater a topic
and the student's impromp-tu
speech, he was impressed
and decided to join.
While on the high school
team, Maltby participated
in approximately 100 tour-naments.
After high school Maltby
went to Wheaton college
where he also became in-volved
in speech and de-bate.
He specialized in ex-temporaneous
speaking
and impromptu speeches.
He participated in approx-imately
100 more tourna-ments,
adding many tro-phies
and awards to his
collection.
During his junior year
Maltby won national titles
in both extemporaneous
and impromptu speaking
and was awarded second
over all by the National
Forensics Association. He
has also won six other,
national titles in forensics.
Maltby said he enjoyed
the mental exercise of quick
thinking that competition
required.
After graduating in '78
from Wheaton College with
a B.A. in Speech and Com-munications,
Maltby spent
a year as youth ministery
at Tabernacle Church in
Norfolk, Va.
Then Maltby and Natal-ie,
his wife whom he mar-ried
during that year,
moved on to the Univer-sity
of Virginia for a year
where he taught and served
as forensics coach. During
this time he also earned
his M.A. in speech and
communication.
When Bethel asked Malt-by
to consider coming here,
his first reaction was neg-ative.
He thought he would
first like to work outside
of a Christian environment
for a while or even get a
Ph.D. After visiting Be-thel
he knew he wanted to
work here.
He is excited to be here,
but listed two drawbacks
of being in Minnesota: lack
of mountains and places
to surf.
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Falwell's group signs millions
After resignations, discussions, budget problems and uncertain interest, a KABY general manager
was chosen from the final two applicants. Sue Fahrenkamp, senior, has taken on the responsibili-ties
of Bethel's radio station. Her staff has yet to be selected. (photo by Doug Barkey).
from page 4
"Moral Majority is a
group of ministers who
see an enormous number
of Christians who need to
be motivated. Moral Ma-jority
is trying to organize
and educate ministers to
see the issues and give
them the tools to educate
their people," said Tim
La Ha ye.
"Time" magazine report-ed
that since the Moral
Majority was founded, in
June 1979, it claims to have
signed up 72,000 minis-ters
and 4 million lay mem-bers,
establishing chapters
in all fifty states.
From the pulpit, through
the mail, in leaflets, at
mass rallies, seminars and
on TV programs such as
Falwell's Old-Time Gospel
Hour, members of the Mor-al
Majority send their mes-sage.
They expect to raise
$5 million for political ac-tivities
this year alone.
According to "News-week,"
Falwell's Moral Ma-jority,
The Religious Round-table
and Christian Voice
work together to educate
people on the issues. They
want to see moral politi-cians
in office from town
councils to the 1980 presi-dential
race.
The Religious Round-table,
according to "News-week,"
is an interdenomi-national
group of 56 mem-bers,
most of whom are
major television preachers
as well as New Right poli-ticians.
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Carter's 'track record' attracts strong support
Editor's Note:
The following series of es-says,
written by faculty
and students, completes
the statement: I am voting
for my candidate because...
by Thomas J. Zdrazil
While Ronald Reagan has
been attempting to figure
out who the President of
France is, Carter has guided
the nation through numer-ous
international crises and
continued to show he is a
man of peace.
Carter's strength is in
international affairs. The
United States is no longer
isolationist; we are inter-dependent.
The United
States needs to strengthen
its relationships with other
nations. Carter has worked
to this end through the
Panama Canal Treaty, the
Middle East Peace Treaty
and the SALT II Treaty.
Carter's management at
Camp David, along with
his cool head in handling
the Iranian Crisis, brought
rational thinking into the
whole Middle East Crisis.
We cannot play reckless
in dealing with any other
country. Four more years
of Carter are needed to
keep the United States' fo-cus
on social justice, basic
human rights and world
harmony.
Reagan lacks finesse in
foreign affairs as evidenced
by his alienation of China.
He did not learn from Three
Mile Island that those who
play with fire can get
burned.
Carter's commitment to
building peaceful relation-ships
among nations, his
energy program and his
commitment to the ERA
earn him another presiden-tial
term.
Reagan's economic pol-icies,
which center around
huge tax cuts along with
his promise to save exist-ing
social programs and
beef up American's defense,
would wipe out virtually
every other federal pro-gram.
His promise to ap-point
a woman to the Su-preme
Court is nothing but
a play to reclaim support
lost through his anti-ERA
stance. His commitment
to economic and social
equality is superficial and
insincere.
******
by Becky Dye
Alienation of China,
alienation of the southern
people of the United States,
promises to fight equality
and to support the contin-uing
run-away control ta-ken
by the conglomerate
corporations, promises of
a nuclear arms build-up
along with expectations of
South American countries
that the United States un-der
new leadership will
supply them with military
hardware: this is what we
hear from the Republican.
candidate for president.
On the other hand, let
us look at the record; we
have a strengthened rela-tionship
with nearly all
parts of the world, a com-prehensive
energy program,
a commitment to the equal-ity
of all, and a sensible
and adequate defense poli-cy.
You make the choice.
Who would you have to
make these critical deci-sions
daily for us? These
are choices and decisions
that will affect us individ-ually.
Christ calls us in Mat-thew
25 to work for' the
social and economic needs
of all. That means every-body,
Jesus says that the
"least" of these should be
our concern. My choice is
the Carter-Mondale ticket.
To be more specific on
the issues alluded to above:
foreign policy; look at the
record, the Middle East
peace treaty, the continua-tion
of the opening of the
doors to China and Salt II.
A closely related issue
is defense, simply: do we
want a nuclear warehouse
or an adequate defense
through conventional
means.
On the basic issue of
equality, the Carter Ad-ministration
and bureacra-cy
appointments have in-cluded
women and minori-ty
races; and his commit-ment
to ERA is unquestion-able.
Rosalyn Carter has
been an active part of the
Carter-Mondale team. The
current administration has
also made provisions for
the elderly, single parents
and minority races.
Let's turn to the econ-omy.
Unemployment has
recently lowered. The rate
of inflation, dependent on
the world economy, is, in
the United States, one of
the lowest. Carter also in-stituted
zero-based budget-ing
in the federal govern-ment,
which is the most
fiscally responsible budget-ing
process. •
Continued manifestation
of equality and coopera-tion
among nations or shut-ting
ourselves off from the
world and the needy, you
decide; Carter-Mondale
will need your vote on
November 7.
by G. William Carlson
The Carter/Mondale tick-et
deserves to be re-elected
and merits strong support
from members of I he evan-gelical
community. First,
Carter has shown good lea-dership
in the area ofedu-cation.
He established the
Department of Education
at the Cabinet level to en-sure
strong input from edu-cators
in public policy de-cisions.
Federal aid to edu-cation
has increased by 73
per cent.
He has helped to secure
the passage of the Middle
Income Student Assistance
Act and provided strong
support for educational op-portunities
for the handi-capped.
For these reasons,
among others, he has re-ceived
the firm support of
both national teachers' or
ganizations (National Edu-cation
Association and
American Federation of
Teachers).
President Carter has
been the first president to
secure passage of a com-prehensive
energy pro-gram.
As a result, Ameri-cans
import one million
barrels of oil day less than
last year, gasoline consump-tion
is down eight per cent
and there is renewed inter-est
in the exploration of
alternative energy re-sources.
Ronald Reagan believes
that the best way to solve
the energy problem is to
allow the energy corpora-tions
(Mobil, Exxon, Stan-dard
etc.) to have unlim-ited
profits with the hope
that they will solve the
energy crisis for us. Carter
wants to combine reaso-nable
profits with directed
expenditures to ensure a
wise use of public resour-ces.
Do you trust the oil
companies to look out for
the public interest? Mobil
just bought Montgomery
Ward.
Third, the Carter/Mon-dale
Administration has
also worked hard to estab-lish
a good urban record, a
record that is sensitive to
the needs of minorities,
workers and senior citi-zens.
He has ensured a
greater justice in the courts
by appointing more quali-fied
women and minori-ties
to judicial posts than
any president. He has
worked hard to pass pro-grams
to aid job develop-ment
in the central cities,
develop an economic revi-talization
program for the
urban areas and support a
job program for inner-city
youth.
Since Carter has been
president, 8.5 million jobs
have been added to the
work force. He also has
encouraged the develop-ment
of women's rights
and consistently supported
the passage of the Equal
Rights Amendment, an
amendment which is es-sential
to protect both men
and women against discrim-inatory
practices on the
basis of sex.
The result of this record
is the clear support of al-most
all leaders of the
American labor movement,
most of the Civil Rights
leaders and most all may-ors
of large American ci-ties.
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Anderson offers realism and global perspective
by Debra E. Watson
and Stephen A. Jarabeck
Anderson speaks to for-eign
policy directives with
a "realistic" world view,
that seeks to keep the U.S.
strong, but not oppressive.
His ideas on defense, the
draft, SALT II, and the
Middle East are strong,
sensible policies based on
interdependence. These im-portant
positions make An-derson
a viable candidate
in our eyes.
Anderson's defense pol-icies
are directed toward
lean, efficient and cost-effective
expenditures.
By allowing for an in-crease
in basic pay, insu-rances
and allowances for
military personnel, to en-courage
draft enlistment,
he believes we can build
our manpoWer without re-instating
peacetime com-pulsary
service. This
would increase retention
of experienced officers,
thus decreasing the cost of
training new personnel.
His opposition to MX
missiles is primarily en-vironmental,
although he
does advocate an alterna-tive
missile aboard small,
conventionally powered
submarines. Furthermore,
he proposes conversion of
container ships to Fast De-ployment
Logistic ships,
as well as procuring addi-tional
aerial tankers and
expansion of the Civil Re-serve
Air Fleet.
Internationally, Ander-son
recognizes the need
for interdependency, while
retaining the autonomy of
the United States. He be-lieves
the U.S. needs SALT
II, as well as calling for
strong action against the
Soviet invasion of Afgh-anistan
and similar expan-sionist
policies.
Certainly Anderson ad-vocates
negotiation, not
war. He sees an important
role for the U.S. is in Mid-dle
East peace negotiations
as an arbiter, not a staunch
Israeli supporter.
Most noteworthy is that
Anderson recognizes the
need for prestige, influence
and power abroad, while
remembering that the U.S.
is one of ninny nations.
We support Anderson
because of his foreign pol-icy
proposals. As a former
foreign service officer, An-derson
is well equipped
with skills in foreign pol-icy,
in comparison to Rea-gan
who has no experience.
Anderson was raised in
the Evangelical Free
Church, and calls himself
a "born-again" Christian.
While his policies should
not be interpreted as "Chris-
-tian" or "non-Christian,"
his realistic viewpoints de-mand
the attention and
the vote of the American
public.
by Donald N. Larson
Professor of Linguistics
I am going to vote for
John B. Anderson for Pres-ident
because:
1) I want to register a
protest against the lack of
global perspective present
in the two parties and their
respective candidates. The
earth's resources know no
national boundaries; we
create them.
We also create a tech-nology
to exploit these re-sources,
and then this tech-nology
reshapes and re-forms
us. The technologi-cal
gap and our competi-tiveness
in exploiting the
resources of the earth are
linked together in such a
way that we could destroy
ourselves.
Today there is no visa-ble
alternative to a global
perspective in which we
cooperate, not compete, in
the use of these resources.
It is time for a new "decla-ration
of interdependence."
The parties take none of
this into account, operat-ing
on the assumption that
none of this needs to be
taken seriously. Only John
B. Anderson, who dares to
symbolize the problem by
recommending a 50 cents
per gallon tax on gasoline,
and Barry Commoner
seem to have a realistic
global perspective.
2) I want to register a
protest against a system
which holds its own citi-zens
hostage in order to
gain a diplomatic advan-tage
over another and a
citizenry that is too apa-thetic
to feel enough rage
to demand that their lead-ers
pay the price for releas-ing
them. A vote for John
B. Anderson is a way to
say this.
3) I want my vote to
support someone whose
personal world view and
life style resemble my own.
I distrust those who have
accumulated vast stores
of personal wealth through
the exploitation of base
urges and drives, such as
the movie industry, or of
land-poor laborers, such
as the case in much of the
South. John B. Anderson
qualifies.
4) I want my vote to
represent what I believe:
win, lose or draw.
I sincerely hope that you
will not cave in to the mind-lessness
of winning and
losing as you decide how
to use your vote. If you
think the system needs a
massive shake-up, don't
stay home. Go to the polls
and vote for Anderson.
If through some quirk of
events he should be elect-ed,
new coalitions would
be formed, and this might
wake the citizenry out of a
long sleep induced by over-consumption.
If he should merely get
one out of every four or
five votes, Anderson and
his constituency would rise
up to haunt the next pres-ident
at every turn of the
road. Join me in sending a
powerful message to the
movers and shakers of the
major parties of our na-tion.
by Tony Anderson and
Aleta Johansen
As we move around the
campus, we hear people
talking about their pre-ferred
presidential candi-date.
Listening to these peo-ple
makes two wonder by
what criteria many of them
have chosen to support
their candidate so dogma-tically.
Many "one-liners"
are given. "He'll cut taxes
by 30 per cent," "He's
against ERA." "We need
prayer in the the public
schools." "He's against
gays." But have these peo-ple
analyzed the values
which underlie these "one-liners"
or have they consi-dered
the implications of
such policies?
What would a 30 per
cent tax cut mean for the
delivery of necessary gov-ernment
services? In Cali-fornia
in 1970 similar tax
and spending hatchet work
resulted in a $25 million
cut. in homemaker servi-ces
for the aged, blind and
handicapped. The effects
of these policies were cruel.
The decisionmaker re-sponsible
for the Califor-nia
tragedy and the can-didate
supporting the 30
per cent tax cut are one and
the same. Without a prom-ise
of which programs
would be protected, and
given the unfortunate re-cord
of previous actions,
one must re-evaluate the
wisdom of such massive
tax slashes.
We often dehumanize the
issues to ideologies exist-ing
in a vacuum. The truth
is that policies affect real
people. Have you ever talked
to a person you knew
was gay? They hurt and
they laugh; they are gen-erous,
and they have self-ish
ambitions; they like
pizza, and they hate spin-ach;
they are real people.
"They" are more like "us"
than is someone in ano-ther
culture with an affec-tional
preference like ours.
Logic reveals how insig-nificant
the distinction of
sexual preference is for
societal cooperation. If you
need a carpenter to build
your home, how much
sense would it make to
hire someone on the basis
of their sexual preference
rather than on criteria of
their ability to build a
house?
As Christians our deci-sion
on gay rights is not
based on whether homo-sexuality
is right or wrong,
but on the example and
teachings of Jesus and the
teachings of the epistles. If
this is not clear enough,
ask if we really want to
impose our religious mor-ality
on others with the
possibility of the situation
one day being reversed.
We are not slinging mud.
A major part of choosing a
candidate is comparing the
available choice. It is es-sential
that each position
be analyzed thoroughly.
Merely accepting vague
statements without examin-ing
underlying values and
implications can be tragic.
Yes, we do support John
Anderson. We do not in-tend
to convince you to
support him, but to ana-lyze
each candidate's posi-tion.
Go to the library
and check out the Reagan
and Anderson position pa-pers.
Why accept "one-lin-ers"?
ANDERSON
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Page 8
Conservative voters look to Reagan for stability
by John McDowell
There are three reasons
why I believe the election
of Ronald Reagan is essen-tial
to America's future sta-bility:
First, the nation's econ-omy,
under President Car-ter's
administration, has
declined dangerously in the
last four years, beset by
increasing unemployment
and worsening inflation.
Second, during these
same four Carter years,
the nation's moral fiber
had eroded to such a de-gree
that we are confront-ed
with the tragic threat of
total collapse of the family
structure—the very foun-dation
of our national her-itage.
Third, during the Carter
years, our nation's foreign
policy has been disastrous.
Typical of the present for-eign
policy is the repeated
line by the party that dic-tates
that up is down, sad
is happy and all the ills of
mankind are the fault of
those nasty old anti-com-munists.
These days of crisis de-mand
decisive, sound lea-dership
and strong moral
convictions. But these vital
factors are missing in the
Carter administration—an
administration that, like
Peter's boasting—voiced
pledges of honor and trust
it failed to keep.
Ronald Reagan, on the
other hand, has a proven
record of strong and far-sighted
leadership as gov-ernor
of California. He is a
man of firm conviction, a
man of high principles, a
man who is dedicated to
rebuilding the foundation
of our American standards
that have been scorned,
neglected and left to erode.
Most of all, Ronald Rea-gan
recognizes the "global
baloney" that pretends the
communist spectre is just
a nighttime bogeyman that
will vanish in the dawn of
the brave new world that's
waiting for mankind around
some distant corner.
by Cindy Martin
The basis for my sup-port
of Ronald Reagan cen-ters
around his proposals
which seek to shift the
United States away from
BIG government. Within
this basic concept comes a
push to recreate American
life as it was in days past,
when in many segments
of our society the govern-ment
couldn't influence be-cause
its hands were tied.
Most would agree that
today there are simply too
many areas where those
strings have been loosened.
Reagan's reason for em-phasizing
the necessity for
a shift towards a more
decentralized and smaller
government certainly is
evident when one looks at,
for example, the govern-ment's
ability to continu-ally
escalate the amoun t
of federal taxes collected,
while concurrently wast-ing
more and more of those
"vitally needed" dollars
each day.
As cited by the gover-nor,
his proposals for gov-ernment
deregulation, tax
cuts and an all-out effort
to trim government waste,
will have a positive effect
on all segments of our so-ciety.
There are issues most
often cited in the Chris-tian
community as "those
most able to produce grave
consequences." To these is-sues,
perhaps being a bit
simplistic, but without fur-ther
statement, I feel Rea-gan
responds in a manner
which directs their resolu-tion
towards a path they
should follow. Two exam-ples:
he opposes abortion
on demand and has pro-posed
an amendment in
support of voluntary school
prayer.
Having heard his testi-mony
expressing his per-sonal
faith in Jesus Christ,
I am pleased. However, I
do not base my support
for him on this "knowl-edge"
of mine.
My support comes be-cause
of Reagan's positions
on the issues, his worth-while
proposals and the
excellent administrative
guidance he'll bring with
him to the White House.
For these reasons I can
substantiate my decision
to vote for Reagan and
pray for his victory in No-vember.
by Wayne Grudem,
Asst. Professor of Theol-ogy
I would like to mention
three major reasons why I
have decided to vote for
Ronald Reagan this Novem-ber.
First, the economy.
President Carter has not
really helped the poor, he
has hurt them. There are
1,000,000 more people out
of work today than when
he took office. Prices have
gone up over 45 per cent.
That means that inflation
has averaged over 11 per
cent with Jimmy Carter in
GA
office.
The average American
worker has not been helped
either. The average Amer-ican
worker now earns 8.5
per cent less per week in
real income than when Car-ter
took office. That's mov-ing
backwards!
The problem is not oil
prices, as Carter would
have us believe. The prob-lem
is rather a federal gov-ernment
that has grown
so large that it strangles
the productive sector of
the economy with exces-sive
taxes and restrictions.
In Carter's economy, the
rich get poorer, the poor
get poorer, and you and I
become poorer. No one
wins—no one, that is,
except the government.
There is a fundamental
economic question in this
campaign: do we want to
follow Carter's plan and
give more and more of our
national wealth to govern-ment?
Or do we agree with
Ronald. Reagan that we
should leave much more
wealth with the people,
with the private sector of
the economy, through sig-nificantly
lower taxes?
I side with Ronald Rea-gan
in that argument for
this reason: the govern-ment
is not a producer.
The - government doesn't
make cars or loaves of
bread or TV's or clothing.
The private sector of the
economy does that: it pro-duces
our wealth. So in
order to do permanent long-term
good for our society
we must stop the federal
government from taking
so much of our money.
Of course, lots of politi-cians
have promised to re-duce
the size of govern-ment
and they have failed.
Why do I think Ronald
Reagan will succeed? Be-cause
his record proves
his ability.
When Reagan became gov-ernor
of California the
state treasury was
$194,000,000 in debt. The
debt was increasing at the
rate of $1,000,000 per day.
But Reagan turned the
state around. He cut taxes.
He cut government spend-ing.
When he left office the
state had a $554,000,000
surplus in the state trea-sury.
That indicates to me a.
high degree of competence
as a leader and adminis-trator.
This is especially
true because in economic
terms California is larger
than all but seven nations
of the world.
Ronald Reagan is a man
who not only says he cares
for the poor; he has proven
that he will do something
to help them.
Second, defense.
The United States will
never start a war. We are
not an aggressive nation.
Neither will the Soviet
Union start a war—until
it thinks itself certain to
win. Then it will readily
start a war, as the recent
events in Afghanistan dem-onstrate.
So I ask this question:
with which president, Rea-gan
or Carter, would the
Soviet Union be most like-ly
to launch a conventional
war for the dominance of
the Persian Gulf or West-ern
Europe, or a nuclear
first strike to destroy our
missiles?
To me the answer is
clear: war is much more
likely under a president
who is making us a weak
and vulnerable target. Car-ter
has presided over a
tremendous weakening of
our military capabilities.
I'm afraid of war. That's
why I want to return to
the strong and secure Amer-ica
I grew up in. That's
why I am voting for Ronald
Reagan, whose strong de-fense
policies are most like-ly
to keep the Soviet Union
from ever starting a war.
Third, abortion.
In the Old Testament, if
someone takes another per-son's
life by carelessness,
he must flee to the city of
refuge until the death of
the high priest. There is
only one case in the Old
Testament where acciden-tally
causing a death re-sults
in the death penalty:
in Exodus 21:22-25 anyone
who accidentally causes
an unborn child to die is
punished by death. (See
NASB margin, or KJV
for a more literal and ac-curate
translation.) If ac-cidentally
causing the
death of an unborn child is
that serious in God's eyes,
what must God think of
abortion, which intention-ally
causes the death of an
unborn child'?
President Carter refuses
to act to stop this great
national sin. He opposes a
pro-life amendment to the
Constitution. Only Ronald
Reagan supports a pro-life
amendment to the Consti-tution,
which will stop this
great evil by overturning
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Jeff Magnuson, Glen Seaborg, Nobel Travel Award winner.
Page 10
VOC experience challenges, meets needs of whole person
by Annette Loeks
When Bob Weaver and
15 Bethel students travel
to Jackson, Miss. for inte-rim
1981, it will be the
third group of Bethel stu-dents
to spend a month at
Voice of Calvary (VOC).
Voice of Calvary is a
Christian organization
based in Jackson, Miss.,
that includes a health care
center, educational pro-grams
for both adults and
children, a cooperative
farm, renovations of old
homes to be sold to the
underprivileged and a co-operative
thrift shop.
John Perkins, a black
Chapel Schedule
Monday
George Brushaber
Tuesday
Niles Borge Gardh
Wednesday
Lee Eliason
Thursday Art Holmes
Friday Paul Finlay
by Roger L. Smolik
Senior Jeff Magnuson
may be one of the very few
students actually looking
forward to mid-December,
when snowflakes and fin-als
both fall upon Bethel.
Magnuson is not masochis-tic.
He is optimistic about
December because he will
be taking off for Sweden
as the recipient of the Glen
Seaborg Nobel Travel
Award of the Swedish
Council of America.
The award includes tra-vel
and living expenses
and inclusion in all major
activities surrounding the
1980 presentation of the
Nobel prizes on December
10 in Stockholm. Dr. Sea-minister,
formed Voice of
Calvary Church in 1964.
Perkins saw the poverty
in rural Mississippi and
decided God wanted him
to help. VOC encourages
people to learn to help them-selves
and regain their self-esteem.
"VOC works to meet the
needs of the whole per-son,"
said Cindy Kallstrom,
a junior who spent last
interim in Mississippi.
During interim '79 Dave
Sperry, associate professor
in anthropology, took the
first class of Bethel stu-dents
to work at VOC.
The course was titled "The
Christian and Social Jus-tice."
Last interim Stan And-erson,
associate professor
in philosophy, led 15 stu-dents
to VOC for that
course.
"I found out I am naive
to the conditions of being
poor and oppressed," said
Cathy Tucker, senior, who
spent the summer of '79 at
VOC and returned interim
borg, a Nobel laureate in
1951 and president of the
Council, will accompany
Jeff during the ceremon-ies.
And what about finals?
"I'm not worrying about
them," he said. "This is a
once-in-a-lifetime oppor-tunity
to associate with
the best minds in the world-besides,
I've never traveled
overseas before," he add-ed.
While in Sweden, Mag-nuson
also hopes to visit
his cousin in medical
school, and see the oldest
surgical amphitheater in
the world at the Univer-sity
of Uppsala.
Competition for the
award was open to science
`80. "I wanted to see for
myself what it was like
after hearing John Perkins
speak and reading books."
John Perkins also in-spired
Anderson. "He im-pressed
me as a man with
deep concerns for his peo-ple
both spiritual and phy-sical,"
said Anderson.
The interim class in-volves
physical as well as
intellectual work. "We
spent a week discussing,
in depth, the things we
saw at VOC," said Kall-strom.
"I have never be-fore
been so challenged.
We discussed social jus-tice
and our responsibility
as Christians. It was mind-boggling."
"It strengthened us to
try and figure out what it
meant to be a Christian
with these conditions
around us. We were all
learning different things
because we'd never seen
anybody in such poverty,"
said Tucker.
The students helped
VOC people with two dif-students
from the six col-leges
in America founded
by Swedish immigrants:
Augustana in Rock Island,
Ill., Bethany in Lindsborg,
Kans., Gustavus Adolphus
in St. Peter, Minn., North
Park in Chicago, Ill., and
Upsala in East Orange,
N.J., and Bethel. The recip-ient
was selected on the
basis of Swedish ancestry,
academic achievement, fac-ulty
recommendation and
creative potential.
At Bethel, Jeff has main-tained
a 4.0 GPA, major-ing
in chemistry and minor-ing
in biology and mathe-matics.
He has been accept-ed
to the University of
Minnesota Medical School,
ferent projects. "The stu-dents
helped tear apart an
old store so tradesmen
could come in and build a
co-op thrift store. Some
helped renovate old homes
to be sold to blacks," said
Anderson.
"It was a life-changing
experience," said Tucker,
"I can't be comfortable in a
ministry where I can't meet
the people's total needs.
Being there three months
is hard mentally. I can
walk away from there but
my black friends can't."
Kallstrom said, "I learned
that if I want to serve the
Lord, I want to help the
whole person—not only
preach at the head. We
live in a sheltered cocoon
at Bethel, and VOC showed
me that we need to get out
of ourselves."
"We didn't learn any-thing
we'd never been told,"
said Anderson, "but the
experience of being there
showed us the reality of
segregation, injustice and
the despair of poverty."
where he will begin stu-dies
this coming Septem-ber.
Receiving the Seaborg
Award came as a surprise.
"I didn't have my hopes up
too high because I knew of
the distinguished record
of some of the schools in-volved,"
said Magnuson.
"And as much as I'm ex-cited
and honored to be
chosen, I'm more proud of
what it says about Bethel
and especially its chemis-try
department."
Carter,
from page 6
Finally, the Carter/Mon-dale
administration has rec-ognized
that national secur-ity
cannot be solely defined
in terms of an everescalat-ing
military weapon sys-tem
but as a combination
of reasonable arms devel-opment,
national well-be-ing,
and assistance to na-tions
needing economic de-velopment
and food. He
supports SALT II.
He has worked hard to
defuse tensions in the Mid-dle
East, establish mean-ingful
and necessary ties
with the People's Republic
of China, support neces-sary
liberation for Third
The group stayed toge-ther
in one house. "Eight-een
people in one house
taught me responsibility,"
said Kallstrom. "Six girls
in one bedroom and 10
using one bathroom!"
"The Christian and So-
World peoples still living
in apartheid situations (Zim-babwe)
and respond mean-ingfully
to the irrational,
irresponsible acts of the
Soviet Union. We do not
need a return to a "macho"
foreign policy which wish-es
to commit American
troops to every little skir-mish
in the world.
In this election we have
a choice: a choice between
a president who under-stands
that evangelicals
must integrate politics
with a firm sense of com-mitment
to economic and
social justice rather than a
candidate (Reagan) who
wishes to link his politics
to a dangerous new right
wing.
Carter has fought hard
for the rights of Soviet
cial Justice" class this in-terim
will be led by Bob
Weaver, assistant profes-sor
in the business depart-ment.
He will take 15 more
students to spend interim
working and learning at
VOC.
believers; he has under-stood
the need for Ameri-cans
to be involved in re-lieving
hunger, and he has
recognized that the federal
government must play an
active role in providing
human services for all mem-bers
of our society.
I recognize that some of
my liberal friends have
worked hard to elect John
Anderson for president. He
is a decent and intelligent
man. However, his voting
record is not all that lib-eral
on basic economic is-sues
and a vote for Ander-son
is likely to ensure the
election of a person most
of us are afraid of, namely
Reagan. On November 4
join me in voting for the
Carter/Mondale ticket.
Jeff Magnuson honored with Nobel travel award
by Wendi Engel
Shari Reasoner, a petite
blonde with a vibrant per-sonality,
is new to the
physical education (p.e.)
teaching staff here at Be-thel,
but not new to Bethel.
She graduated from Bethel
in '77 with a physical edu-cation
major, kindergar-ten
through twelfth grades.
"It's different being a
teacher, not a student. I'm
still getting used to it,"
Reasoner stated. She feels
that the Bethel atmosphere
is still the same as when she
attended as a student. "Be-thel
hasn't compromised
its Christian standards as
so many colleges have."
The changes that have ta-ken
place at Bethel in the
last year—new classes,
programs, and faculty—Rea-soner
sees as positive
changes.
After graduating, Rea-soner
went to Japan and
taught English for a year
in a large English school
for all ages. She then
taught p.e. for grades 1-12
and coached cross country,
tennis, track, and field
hockey.
Upon returning from Ja-pan,
Reasoner accepted the
position at Bethel. Her one-year
contract began Sept.
2. Her job description in-cludes
instructor in p.e.
activity classes and instruc-tor
to elementary p.e. educa-tion
and elementary p.e.
student teachers.
Reasoner resides in
south Minneapolis with
her husband, Paul. Hd
coaches men's junior var-sity
basketball and wom-en's
tennis here. He will
also be teaching an interim
course.
Her interests include run-ning,
reading, and things
connected with Japan. She
and her husband see a good
possibility of returning to
Japan. Her husband was
born and raised in Japan
as a missionary kid.
As husband and wife
they enjoy sports-oriented
activities in their free time.
They also enjoy quiet even-ings
reading at home.
Shari Reasoner is back at Bethel, but now as a member of the
physical education staff. (Photo by Paul Gavic).
Pagell
Men's X-C
run strong,
place high
by Ellie Abbott
"The team ran well des-pite
the weather and the
fact that we were without
some team members," com-mented
Coach Glader after
the cross-country race on
Saturday.
The men's cross coun-try
team placed second be-hind
Northwestern College,
but defeated Macalester,
Gustavus, Pillsbury. and
St. Scholastica.
Reasoner new to P.E. staff
Campus Crusade for Christ seeks potential disciples
by Wendi Engel
"Do I have to witness if I
come to your activities?"
This is the question most
often asked by students
who are invited to a Cam-pus
Crusade for Christ
(CCC) function. The an-swer
is no, but the activi-ties
are geared towards
evangelism and developing
the student into a multi-plying
disciple.
CCC does not intend to
draw large multitudes to
functions. Bill Andrews,
who has been with Be-thel's
CCC full-time for 3
years, said that the pur-pose
was "not to attract
everybody. The group
wants to attract potential
leaders and disciples who
are serious about sharing
their faith." Andrews said
that Bethel, as a commun-ity
of Christians, is a logi-cal
place to find potential
leaders in evangelism.
The goal of CCC at Be-thel
is to see students
graduate from Bethel and
move into vocations, train-ed
in evangelism and dis-cipleship
so that they have
an impact on the world for
Jesus Christ. CCC wants
to promote all areas of
spiritual growth so the stu-dent
will develop into this
multiplying disciple.
Weekly activities include
witnessing to the students
on the U of M campus and
door-to-door witnessing.
Thursday evening students
also go to the U of M to
meet with students there
to learn more about wit-nessing
and discipleship.
Recent activities in-clude
a retreat, Fri-Sun.,
Oct. 10-12, at Camp Induhapi,
22 miles west of the Twin
Cities. Jesse James, area
director for CCC in Wis-consin,
will be the guest
speaker. The lectures and
workshops will center
around the theme: "Can
God use and outlaw and a
renegade?" Oct. 22-24 Josh
McDowell, a renowned speak-er
to college-age students,
spoke at meetings at the U
of M. McDowell also spoke
in Bethel chapel Oct. 22.
The highlight of the year
is the Daytona trip. Stu-dents
go to the Florida
beaches during spring
break to share their faith
with other college students.
Last year CCC had ap-
Reagan,
from page 8
the 1973 Supreme Court
ruling.
To me the choice in this
election is clear: to vote for
Ronald Reagan is to vote
for the outlawing of abor-tions,
for a strong and se-cure
America and for a
healthy economy.
Finally, let me say that
it was a growing convic-tion
about the profound
seriousness of the abor-tion
question that made
me speak out on a political
issue.
It seems to me that abor-proximately
100 studentS
involved in the different
areas. 25-30 students wit-nessed
weekly, 30-40 went
to the U of M on Thurs-days,
and about 50 went
to Daytona.
Debbie King is the new
member of the full-time
CCC staff at Bethel. She
previously worked on staff
at St. Cloud State Univer-sity
for two-and-a-half
years.
tion is so serious a matter
that this might be much
more than just a presiden-tial
election. It might be a
referendum in which God
allows us to choose our
future as a nation.
If as a country we vote
for continued abortions, we
also vote for a weak de-fense
and a crippled econ-omy.
But if we vote to stop
abortions, we also vote for
a strong defense and a
healthy economy. I don't
think that alignment of is-sues
is accidental. I think
that God will give us exact-ly
what we choose as a
nation.
Senior Brent Friesen con-tinued
to maintain the top
position for Bethel and
placed third overall out of
a field of thirty-one run-ners.
His time of 27:44 over
a five-mile course was on-ly
thirty seconds behind
the winner of the race.
Dwight Newman was
the second runner for Be-thel
and sixth overall. Tim
Snyder placed eighth. Ross
Fleming was in the elev-enth
spot, Mike Nelson
placed eighteenth, and Rob
Peitzman was close behind
Nelson for the number nine-teen
position. Steve Ode-gard
rounded out the Roy-al
team and placed 23rd
overall.
Despite the cold rain,
which caused a slippery
course, Ross Fleming "ran
the best he has run all sea-son,"
said Coach Glader.
"All the men ran well con-sidering
the conditions we
ran under."
Tomorrow at 11:00 a.m.
the Royals will race in the
conference meet at Como
Park. Brent Friesen will be
a contender for a top posi-tion
in the meet.
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Deb Omath hits the ball high in the homecoming game in which
the Royals defeated St. Thomas.
Page 12 sports
Royals trample Scots, 41-14
Frank Sanza throws completed pass to
looks on. (Photo by Paul Gavic)
touchdown. Captain Jim Anderstrom
Sophomore Linda Hallblade passes a Hamline runner to lead
Bethel to a first place tie.
'by Phil Almeroth
The Bethel Royals won
their first game in twelve
tries last Saturday as they
routed Macalester Scots
41-14. The Royal defense
dominated the game, as
they piled up 369 yards in
total offense. The defense
and special teams were
also outstanding as they
supplied the offense with
good field position. All in
all, it was an outstanding
performance by a team who
has not given up on itself
despite a long losing spell.
"It was really nice to
win," said Assistant Coach
Craig Dahl. "We approach-ed
the game with the out-look
that everyone wanted
to support each other and
build each other up. Eve-ryone
did that, and it real-ly
helped. Also, we didn't
make very many mistakes.
This win really helped to
build confidence in the
guys."
If there were any doubts
about whether or not Be-thel
could beat Mac, they
were quickly erased by
the Royals. Rich Duehn
returned the opening kick-off
23 yards and the of-fense
took it from there.
Freshman Doug Hill ran
for two first downs, then
quarterback Jim Ander-strom
threw to split end
Pete Kramka, who was
brought down on the five-yard
line. _
Three plays later, Dave
Kadlec bulled over from
the one yard line to give
the Royals their first points
of the day. Paul Lindberg's
kick made the score 7-0. In
the second quarter Ken Coo-per
returned a Mac punt
52 yards, but again the
offense couldn't capitalize
and Bethel had to punt.
The Royals then grabbed
a quick TD on a trick play
as flanker Frank Sanza
faked a run and threw to
Cooper who sprinted un-touched
into the end zone.
The play covered 45 yards
and made the score 13-0,
the Royals having missed
the conversion. The Roy-als
then scored another
touchdown before the half
as Anderstrom passed to
Rich Graves from eight
yards out to give Bethel a
20-0 half time lead.
"A big point in the game
was when we held them to
start the second half, and
then went down the field
and scored" said Dahl. An-derstrom's
32-yard touch-down
pass to Cooper seem-ed
to destroy any hope the
Scots had of a come-back
The extra point was missed
and the Royals led 26-0.
Then, late in the third guar-ter,
Cooper again got be-hind
the Macalester secon-dary
and took Anderstrom's
pass in stride as he raced
into the end zone. The 63
yard play was a major
part of the 241 yards the
Royals accumulated
through the air. Rich Duehn
then passed to Cooper for
a two-point conversion
that lifted the Royals' lead
to 34-0.
Macalester finally got
on the scoreboard via a 35-
yard TD pass, but Bethel
answered right back. Steve
Doten came in to quarter-back
the Royals, and led
them down the field, cul-minating
the drive with a
two-yard pass.to Cooper.
It was "Coop's" fourth touch-down
reception of the clay.
Along with Paul Lindberg's
kick, it will give Bethel its
. 41st point of the day. Mac-alester
scored at the end of
the game to make the final
score 41-14 in favor of the
Royals.
"We really played loose
and did the job" said Dahl.
"We're definitely looking
forward to our last three
games." The Royals travel
to Northfield to take on St.
Olaf (2-4) this week, then
return home for their final
two contests against St.
Thomas (2-4) and Augs-burg
(4-2),
Sports Events
Soccer—Oct. 28, Dordt,
Iowa, Away 7:00 pm
Football'— Nov. 1, St.
Thomas, Home, 1:30 pm
Volleyball—Oct. 28, Dr.
Martin Luther College,
Home 6:30 pm
Oct. 30, St.
Theresa, Home, 6:30 pm
By Becky Dye
The women's volleyball
team will compete in its
last two home games next
week before going on the
road to wind-up its sea-son.
On Tuesday the spi-kers
will take on the Uni-versity
of Minnesota jun-ior
varsity team and, on
Thursday the spikers will
host their last conference
game with Moorhead.
Coach Cindy Book com-mented,
"That (Moorhead)
will he a biggie. Our con-ference
record is now 2-2.
We need to play well
against Moorhead."
Moorhead has beaten the
Royals earlier this season.
Last Saturday the Spik-ers
defeated St. Thomas in
four games. The scores:
16-18 15-8, 15-7 and 15-10.
The women's volleyball
team had a busy week;
they were defeated by St.
Benedict's on Thursday, on
Wednesday Bethel defeated
Normandale and on Tues-day
the Royals soundly
beat Hamline.
"St. Benedict's was really
psyched to play us. We
had beaten them earlier in
the season. They had the
momentum and we couldn't
get it to change," comment-ed
Coach Book.
Bethel demolished Ham-line
in three games, 15-7,
15-8 and 15-7. Bethel de-feated
Hamline at the Pip-ers
own tournament ear-lier
in the season and Ham-line
was hungry to win
but the Royals earned the
victory.
"We played really well.
Betsy Koonce served very
well and Mary Fawley did
very well in the middle,
both hitting and blocking,"
commented Coach Book.
The Royals' overall re-cord
is 18-6. •
Coach Book "anticipates
no problem" in qualifying
for the State Tournament
to be held at Macalester,
November 7 and 8.
Cross country
ties for first,
sets record
by Brad Nauman
The women's cross-coun-try
team finished in a first-place
tie in the Bethel Invi-tational
held on our course
last Saturday. Bethel and
Hamline each scored 54
points to come out on top.
They were followed by
Gustavus with 61, St. Tho-mas
with 67 and St. Scho-lastica
with 103.
Bethel's Ellie Abbott fin-ished
first individually
with a new course record
of 19:55. The old record
was 20:00. Lana Lauwers
set a freshman course re-cord
with a ninth place
finish of 21:40. Brenda Har-ris
finished third for Be-thel,
tenth overall, at 21:48.
She was followed by no. 13
Linda Hallblade (22:05), no.
21 Chris LeVesseur (22:45),
no. 28 Joanne Feril (24:34),
no. 30 Carla Lurch (24:55),
and no. 34 Penny Lyon
(27:06).
Coach Leighton Betz
feels that his team is peak-ing
at the right time. "Eve-ryone
ran their best time
of the year on a tough,
hilly course such as Be-thel's
and if we continue to
improve, we should do fair-ly
well in the state meet,"
said Betz. "Individually,
Ellie Abbott has a good
chance to finish in the top
ten," he continued.
The state meet will he
held at St. Olaf in North-field
tomorrow. Betz esti-mated
that approximately
12 teams would compete.
Spikers win four, aim for state meet

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Students capitalize on D.C. studies
by Leann M. Kicker
"The objective of Be-thel's
security program is
to maintain safety for cam-pus
residents day and
night," said Jim Woods,
director of physical plant.
Woods coordinates a for-mal
security system that
depends on the entire Be-thel
community for suc-cess.
"We rely on cooperation
of students and faculty for
security," said Woods. "I
see great cooperation of
students and faculty for
security," said Woods. "I
see great cooperation of
the st udent body and I
appreciate that because I
can't do the job alone."
Bethel's security system
has two parts: internal and
external. External security
really begins at 10 p.m. At
that time the guard on du-ty,
a Bethel Seminary stu-dent,
locks the gate to Hwy.
51, the "new" Snelling exit.
Throughout the evening he
checks incoming cars for
Bethel I.D. or legitimate
purposes for entering the
campus. Periodically he
leaves the guard shack to
patrol the campus in a
truck.
The guard has a phone
in the patrol shack to check
on people entering the cam-pus
and make contact with
the Ramsey County She-riff
office should there be
a need. The Sheriff's de-partment
has been very
cooperative with Bethel
and Woods expects this
cooperation to continue.
The guard also records
in a log book all visitors
who enter the campus and
any unusual events. The
guard outside can be in
touch with the internal se-curity
guard at any time
Woods said that he wants
students to know that they
are not all alone at night.
Inside the campus secur-ity
starts at about 6 p.m.
when a person comes on
duty to coordinate the stu-dent
custodial program.
This guard also checks for
by Naomi Ludeman
With Bethel's new plus
and minus grating system
now in effect, teachers
have the option of affixing
a plus or minus to a grade
starting this semester. The
1980-81 Bethel registration
.catalog explains on page
ten that a plus increases
the number of grade points
awarded by 0.3 and a min-us
decreases the number
of grade points awarded
by 0.3. The scale of pass-ing
grades is as follows:
Grade Grade Points
A 4.0
A- 3.7
B+ 3.3
B 2.0
B- 2.7
equipment failure.
At 11 p.m. another guard
comes on duty. Both then
lock up the buildings and
ask remaining students to
leave unless they have a
pass signed by a profes-sor.
The 11 p.m. guard
makes the rounds of the
building four to five times
a night to check the equip-ment
and look for unauth-orized
persons.
If there would be any
problems the guard can
easily call the fire depart-ment,
police, engineer or
Grade Grade Points
C+ 2.3
C 2.0
C- 1.7
D+ 1.3
D 1.0
Instituting the new grade
system could have at least
four effects. The new sys,
tem may raise or lower
one's grade point average
(GPA). If a student just
missed an A, he would
now have a B+ or an A-.
This change could add at
least 0.3 or up to 0.7 points
to his GPA. Previously, he
would have received the
same number of points as
the student who is on the
edge of a C.
Paul Finlay, registrar,
by Jerry Manus
The American Studies
Program allows students
to work in political offices
in Washington, D.C., and
observe the government ma-chine
at its heart.
Students in this program
spend three-or four-month
terms attending seminars
and serving voluntarily as
interns in government of-fices
in the nation's capitol.
The internships are in-tended
to give students
experience and understand-ing
in areas of government
that interest them. Intern-
Woods. Woods said he has
had "...no calls so far this
year."
Woods likes to think the
program is quite adequate.
However, "if money per-mitted
it would be nice to
have two guards on duty
outside at night." Now there
is only one with a shift
change every four hours.
According to Woods Be-thel
has been very lucky
as far as security goes.
"We don't have the, prob-lems
other schools have; I
hope we never do."
predicts that the overall
GPA will drop. Dwight
Jessup, director of academ-ic
affairs, disagrees with
Finlay and is eager to see
the results of fall semes-ter.
Philip Sackett, associate
professor of chemistry on
leave this year, proposed
the change at Bethel. Two
years ago the academic pol-icies
committee and facul-ty
voted to implement the
system.
Although the majority
of faculty favored the plus/
minus system, there were
many teachers opposed.
Therefore, each faculty
member may choose whe-ther
to use the system.
"The Option was provided
because of the difficulty
see page 3
ships are available in Con-gress
and other areas in-.
cluding the judicial system,
municipal government, news
media and international or-ganizations.
The intern-ships
involve 20 hours per
week, usually five week-day
mornings.
The seminars cover the
areas of international af-fairs,
economy, domestic
politics, criminal justice
and presidential elections.
The seminars attempt to
apply Christian perspec-tive
to these issues. Semin-ars
are held three after-noons
per week.
has been very favorable.
Debbie Watson, one of sev-eral
Bethel students who
have attended the program
said, "It was wonderful.
The program was good and
forced me to think. It got
me going in the right dir-ection."
Some students stay
on in Washington to work
after completing the pro-gram.
Food and housing are
provided for participating
students right on Capitol
Hill, with convenient ac-cess
to the main govern-ment
buildings.
The American Studies
Program was begun in 1976
by the Christian College
Consortium/Coalition, of
which Bethel is a member.
The program is available
to college juniors and sen-iors
with a G.P.A. of at least
3.0, who attend schools
that are members of the
Consortium/Coalition.
The program runs from
September through May,
and is closed in the sum-mer.
Students may begin
the program on the first of
any month, though Sep-tember,
February, or March
are preferred.
Applications for the '81
interim program must be
in by Nov. 1.
Bethel security blankets cam
Plus/minus: multiple effects
US AJanuary interim pro-gram
is available and in-volves
an intensive one-month
study on major cur-rent
topics. The '81 interim
program will cover the to-pics
of genetic engineer-ing,
the threat of nuclear
war and the energy crisis.
Emphasis will be placed
on considering how to face
and deal with these issues
from a Christian stand-point.
The interim pro-gram
does not include in-ternships,
as do the three-and
four-month programs.
Student reaction to the
American Studies program
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Lifestyle violations: everyone loses
To the Editor:
Please address this open
letter to the students of
Bethel, and especially to
the students I met Mon-day
night at Perkins:
Dear Students:
I'm sorry for coming
across so strongly at Per-kins
last night. I didn't
mean to intimidate you or
harass you; I only meant
to open your eyes in con-sideration
of other people.
I hope I haven't made any
enemies, but I fear I have. I
wish I hadn't been so rushed
so I could better explain
why I feel the way I do.
I am loyal to Bethel, even
with its faults, and believe
that the lifestyle statement
is there for everyone to
obey. It should not be there
to be ignored or laughed at
by those who follow it.
Please realize that you and
I have signed a contract to
conduct ourselves in a cer-tain
manner. If we break
that contract, we could be
expelled from school.
I was angry when I saw
you smoking with all your
friends. I wanted to level
you but I realized that
would be inappropriate
and meaningless. I could
report you, but I won't.
You have your conscience
to deal with, and the Lord
to reconcile with you.
I hope you will consider
my advice, for I meant to
give it in a loving manner.
I know there is a corn-mandment
to help my
stumbling brothers, but I
hope I haven't pushed you
over. I'm lending a hand to
you now, openly in this
letter. Please get in touch
with me; I'd like to talk to
you and apologize in per-son.
Believe it or not, I love
you. I will be praying for
you, even if you'd rather I
didn't. Usually those who
don't think they need pray-er
need it the most. I'm
crying inside because I see
a hurting brother and there
doesn't seem to be a lot I
can do about it. I hope I
haven't embarrassed you
in either the confrontation
at Perkins or in this letter.
I pray you can come to
grips with this and please
keep me informed.
With Christ's love,
Curly
PO 2121
To the Editor:
Entering my third year
at Bethel, I have met many
different people and have
been involved in various
activities with the student
body. Through this inter-action,
I have discovered a
disturbing aspect of mine
and many others' priori-ties.
It is that of understand-ing
our responsibility to
God and to our fellow
human beings. Many
times it is easier to look
inward and he concerned
only with yourself rather
than showing our love and
concern to those around
us.
In I Peter 2:9, Peter
writes, "You are a chosen
people, a royal priesthood,
a holy nation, a people
belonging to God, that you
may declare the praises of
him who called you out of
darkness into his wonder-ful
light."
In this verse Peter ad-dresses
two issues: one,
the fact that we are a cho-sen
people. God has
blessed us more than we
will ever realize. II is a
See page 3
Shout praises to God
for the little blessings
Page 2
editorial
Apathy does not suffice
on Moral Majority issue
The people in the community called Bethel have not
infrequently been accused of possessing a quality
known as apathy. We have been told that we seem
unconcerned about a myriad of "things," from hunger-stricken
children in undeveloped countries, to chapel
services, to fun-filled social activities, to politics. Now
we are faced with a question of concern about the
latter—politics.
For many this is not even a question; instead they
ask, "who cares?" But yet we cannot shirk a responsibil-ity
so easily. When we get down to the brass tacks of the
matter there is no question: we do need a degree of
concern.
A recognized faction in this nation has decided to
take into their hands the task of making politics moral.
That is no single endeavor, considering that politics
have been under scrutiny for lack of moral standards
since the days of Aristotle, Demosthenes and Plato.
(One could even go so far as to say that government
leaders have been criticized for lack of morality since
the Old Testament days.)
Election year 1980 will be remembered for the resur-gence
of a moral cry—a plea for the return to "Christian
morality." Carried in this issue of the Clarion is an
article which tells of the Moral Majority, the Religious
Roundtable and the Christian Voice, three major organ-izations
under the New Right.
These three groups are advocating political involve-ment
by Christians, and support for particular stands
on key moral issues. Together, they are having a strong
influence on the political sentiment of concerned voters,
especially those who claim to be evangelicals.
For this reason the Clarion wishes to bring the New
Right into the limelight. We are an evangelical school.
We claim to be of high moral standards. We have a
responsibility in the decision-making processes of our
government. These groups use the name Christian to
back their stands. We need to evaluate their positions
and determine the "Christian-ness" of what they are
saying.
i We are not condemning the New Right and what it
stands for, nor are we waving a flag of approval. We are
merely raising the issue to awareness.
The Moral Majority makes three claims worth con-sidering:
1) America has more God-fearing citizens per
capita than any other nation, 2) America is the only
hope for the Jews and 3) America is the Iasi logical base
for world evangelism.
The Christian Voice has two goals in mind: 1) to bring
out the "moral" issues, and 2) to find the politicians who
are for these issues, such as pro-abortion, pro-ERA and
pro-sex education, and get them out of office.
The New Right deals with questions of abortion,
pornography, homosexuals, school prayer, military
strength, the American family, decency in television
programming, freedom of worship, school busing, bal-anced
budget and child abuse.
Because of the strength of the New Right, evangeli-cals
are needing to take a closer look at what is some-times
called a lesser-of-three-evils election. These peo-ple
are banding together to try to force morality into the
government; they do not deny their motive and ill lima to
goal. Are they righl?Are they radical, or are they fight-ing
a worthless bat Ile?
Three questions can be asked when confronting the
New Right: 1) Should the church be involved in polit-ics'?
2) Are the issues represented by the groups "moral"
issues — do they include issues that don't have any
relation to morality or exclude some that do'? 3) Is this
the Christian stand?
There are no hard, fast answers. We do not try to
pretend that there are. The New Right is calling itself
Christian, calling forth evangelicals nal ionwide. We are
Christians. Does that make us synonymous with them?
Bethel Alumna of the Year, Ruby Eliason, spoke in the Home-coming
Chapel last Friday. A missionary nurse for 25 years in
India, Eliason is the first woman ever chosen for the yearly
award (photo courtesy of Publicity Office).
Randy's classmate.
Dwight Jessup, director of academic affairs, urges students not
to be "overly concerned" about the new grading system.
Page 3
It is a small world after all
Dear Editor
Bryan Galloway's com-ments
written on the beef
board about the artwork
on campus invoked some
thought on my part. I
think his views concern-ing
the invasion of space
"junk" is fitting. A com-ment
was added to his let-ter
asking for concern of
the artist's feelings.
Don't we, the students,
from page 2
privilege to attend a Chris-tian
college where there
are people who care fo you
and who love you and
where you are more than
just a number.
It is a blesSing to live in
a country where we are
not persecuted for our
Christian belief. The list
goes on and on. It is time
that we as a student body
started to realize our bless-ings,
rather than just our
problems.
The second issue is that
of declaring the praises of
God. Whether this would
be in witnessing, volun-teer
work or church activ-ity,
we all have a respon-sibility
to God for our
activities.
If each student would
give only one hour, of vo-have
feelings? Let's be
serious. Now this is not to
say that the work should
not be allowed on campus.
I think it should be limited
to specific areas and ro-tated
throughout the year.
This would give us uncul-tured
folk a chance to see
everything, but not re-quire
us to stare at it inde-finitely.
I can appreciate
art in its place, but its
lunteer service, per week,
Bethel students would be
giving a total of 2,000
hours per week. If we can
grasp the impact 2,000
hours of service would
have have on our commun-ity,
we would begin to see
miracles in action.
It is my personal chal-lenge
to each Bethel stu-dent
that he or she not
only volunteer a certain
number of hours each
week to some Christian
service, but that the love
of Christ will begin to
show in all aspects of our
life, both on the campus
and off. It is time for us to
pick up our membership
in God's holy family and
start shouting the praises
of God rather than whis-pering
them.
Dave Lucas
Randy Pate.
by Ginger Hope
Bethel's orchestra pro-gram
has implemented two
major changes to better
serve Bethel's instrumen-talists,
according to Cha-rles
B. Olson, director of
instrumental music.
Instead of rehearsing as
a group at Bethel, orches-tra
members are encour-aged
to participate in the
Metropolitan Inter-Colle-giate
Orchestra (MICO).
Players from five area col-leges
(Augsburg, Bethel,
Hamline, Macalester and
St. Thomas/St. Catherine's)
place is not all over cam-pus.
Respectfully yours,
Arthur Gibbens
Clarion readers
should remember
letter's principles
Dear Editor:
I am concerned that Pro-fessor
Grudem's response
(Clarion, 10/17/80) to the
examples in my article have
diverted readers from the
basic principles. As a remin-der,
the principles were: 1)
"disembodied" facts and
figures are often\mislead-ing,
and 2) voters should
focus on the ideological
presuppositions of candi-dates,
not simply their
stands on specific and
transient issues. (By the
way, Professor Grudem's
"single most important is-sue"
(p. 2) that discrimi-nates
among candidates is
the pro-life amendment,
not abortion—there is a
difference.)
Respectfully yours,
M. Roe
Department of Psychology
When people say "it's a
small world," you better
believe them. This semes-ter
I met a girl from Indi-ana,
my home state. This
was not earthshattering
news by any means but
when she told me she
lived near my hometown
of Hartford City I got in-terested
real fast.
Hartford City is one of
those "blink-and-you'll-make
up the year-old or-ganization.
Approximately 15 Be-thel
students play in the
60-member orchestra.
"MICO provides a large
orchestral experience for
those who would otherwise
be involved in small pro-grams,"
explained Olson.
MICO concerts will be
from page 1
for some faculty to grade
with the plus/minus."
Jessup also commented
that "students might ques-tion
teachers more about
their grades. This could
mean more pressure for
the teachers. It will be fun
to see if teachers use it."
A second possible effect
deals with special finan-cial
aids. These include
scholarships and grants
such as ALLISS, academic
scholarships, participation
grants and the Ministerial
Grant. Each of these spe-cial
aids have eligibility
grade standards. In the new
system, if a student receives
three C's and a C- his GPA
would be 1.92. If his grant
demanded a 2.00 average
he would be ineligible.
GPA does not affect
one's eligibility for regular
financial aid. Dan Nelson,
director of financial aid,
said, "If the student doesn't
qualify for special aids, he
may have to be on a work-study
program and take
out some loans."
The third effect will be
"a more fair distribution
of grades," commented Fin-lay.
The plus/minus sys-tem
will more accurately
represent each student's
accomplishments. "Stu-dents
who will benefit are
the ones who are just miss-ing
the higher grade," said
Jessup.
Finlay said that there
will be no change on the
academic progress and pro-miss-'
em-towns." But the
real killer was that we
were in kindergarten to-gether.
She moved away
after that year to a town
30 miles away. How often
have you known someone
for one year when you are
five years old and then
met them again 13 years
later in a different part of
the country? I'd say it's a
pretty small world.
given at participating col-leges
and throughout the
metropolitan area.
The second facet of the
new program is the forma-tion
of the "Bethel Com-munity
Orchestra." This
group will consist of stu-dents,
faculty, alumni and
other area adults. The
bation policy. This policy
is explained on page 13 of
the registration catalog.
This means that a student
who achieves a 1.92 GPA,
because of a C-, could be
put on probation or dis-missed.
There is one more pos-sible
effect. The pressure
of academic competition
could increase because of
the new system. Students
might tend to work more
for the grade than to gain
and apply to knowledge.'
group will rehearse Tues-day
evenings from 7:30-
9:30. The ensemble will
give concerts in surround-ing
communities, as well
as regular appearances at
Bethel.
For further information
about the Bethel Commun-ity
Orchestra contact Ol-son
or the music office.
"This depends on the stu-dent's
attitudes," said one
student. Some students feel
that the change could en-courage
people to work
harder at their studies. Fin-lay
commented that "it
would be unfortunate to
lose the joy of learning."
Jessup said, finally, "In
my own mind, I don't know
if the plus and minus sys-tem
will make that much
of a difference. It is nothing
to be overly concerned
about."'
letters
Art has a place, but so many?
Bethel Community Orchestra in works
Plus/minus now available
compiled by Jay Russell
Captain's club in '64:
food, music and more
Page 4
New Right supports family
From the October 21, 1964
issue
Mantoux tests.
All students, from both
the seminary and college,
were required to take the
Mantoux test, a medical
test which determines whe-ther
tuberculin germs were
present in a person's sys-tem.
Health workers admin-istered
the test for two
days in the student lounge
of the college building on
old campus. Students were
to report back a few days
later for a reading of the
test.
In the test a small
amount of active tubercu-lin
germs is injected under
the skin of the arm. If the
test is positive the person
has the tuberculin germ.
This does not indicate an
active case of T.B., but
merely shows the germ's
presence."
The test was adminis-tered
free, but any student
who failed to take the test
was fined $5.
Sem cornerstone
The new seminary com-plex
was under construc-tion
on new campus, and
in 1964 the cornerstone
was installed as part of
the homecoming activities.
The seminary faculty put
items such as a Bible, co-pies
of the Standard and
the Clarion and a semi-nary
catalogue in the cor-nerstone.
Captain's Cabin Club.
"Captain's Cabin," a sup-per
club for couples who
enjoy "a soft musical din-ner
atmosphere, was ini-tiated
in the fall of 1964.*
The club met in the Presi-dent's
dining room, but be-cause
of the limited capac-ity,
membership was limit-ed
to thirty couples. Mem-bership
cards were issued
to "thirty fellows and gold
anchor pins (were given)
to thirty girls." Selection
of couples was based on
interest and support for
the project.
Couples were charged
50 cents per week for mem-bership,
and $1 when enter-tainment
was provided dur-ing
the dinner hour. The
club's entertainment fea-tured
a variety of perfor-mers,
from magicians and
hyponotists to classical mu-sicians.
Often dinners were
centered around cultural
themes, with the food, en-tertainment
and atmos-phere
based on cultures
such as those of Japan,'
Sweden and Italy.
Club membership was
"not on a strictly couple
basis." Because space was
limited, the club was hop-ing
to reorganize in the
coffeeshop to include more
students.
McCarthy election.
Minnesota's junior sena-tor,
Eugene J. McCarthy,
was running for re-election
in the national elections of
1964, and addressed "the
poster-packed bleachers of
students and faculty in a
convocation lecture. After
his presentation, McCarthy
answered questions from
the audience. His republi-can
opponent, Wayzata
Mayor Wheelock Whitney,
addressed the Bethel corn-munity
two days earlier.
by Annette Loeks
Jerry Falwell and the
Moral Majority organiza-tion
he leads say they are
trying to raise the moral
standards of our country
by electing government of-ficials
who share their
views.
"A minority of secular
humanists and amorals are
-running this country and
taking it straight to hell,"
said Jerry Falwell in the
September 13th issue of
"Time" magazine. "The mor-alist
s in America have had
enough. We are joining
hands for the changing,
the rejuvenation of a na-tion,"
he said in the Sep-tember
15th issue of "News-week"
magazine.
The Moral Majority de-fines
itself as pro-family,
for balancing the budget,
voluntary prayer in public
schools and a secure Is-rael.
It is against abortion,
ERA, gay rights, sex edu-cation,
drugs, pornography,
SALT II, a Department of
Education and defense
cuts.
According to "Time," this
group helped oust two lib-eral
U.S. senators from of-fice
(Dick Clark of Iowa
and Thomas McIntyre of
New Hampshire), elect gov-ernor
Bob James of Ala-bama,
block passage of the
ERA in fifteen states, dis-rupt
the White House Con-ference
on the Family, and
shape large sections of the
GOP platform.
Christian Voice, an ally
of the Moral Majority, has
compiled a list of how sen-ators
and congressmen
voted in 1979 on what Chris-tian
Voice considered to
be fourteen key moral is-sues.
Those that voted for such
things as school prayer
and the Kemp-Roth bill to
cut income tax by 30 per
cent were given high rat-ings.
Those in favor of
ERA and a constitutional
amendment allowing abor-tions
were rated low.
Newsweek reported that
four ordained clergyman
in congress received the
lowest ratings while Rep.
Richard Kelly, one of the
Abscam bribery defen-dants,
was given a perfect,
100 per cent rating.
Congressman Paul Si-mon,
democrat from Illi-nois
and a noted Christian
politician was rated zero
by the Moral Majority. In
an interview with "The
Wittenburg Door" Simon
said, "I voted in favor of a
Department of Education.
For someone to see a moral
issue there...stretches my
mind. So I get a zero:"
"We believe we repres-ent
a majority of Ameri-can
people," said Tim La-
Haye, a member of the
Moral Majority and pas -
tor of Scott Memorial
Church in El Cajon Cal., in
an interview with "The
Wittenburg Door." "Govern-ment
today is legislating
immorality. It is making it
easy for people to sin. We
are leaving the biblically-based
moral standards."
According to a Gallup
poll reported in "News-week"
magazine, evange-lical
Christians are as di-vided.
as America, even
though the Christians are
more conservative than the
nation as a whole.
Evangelical Christians fa-vor
Carter over Reagan 52
per cent to 31 per cent.
Fifty-three per cent are for
ERA and only 41 per cent
want to ban abortion.
"The church should be
realistic," said Paul Si-mon.
"There are two levels
of morality: personal and
public. When in the Illi-nois
legislature I opposed
Sunday closing laws be-cause
we have to be sensi-tive
to the Seventh Day
Adventists and Orthodox
Jews."
The Moral Majority was
founded three years ago
by a group of politicians
who were unhappy with
Carter's backing of ERA
and failing to stop the fed-eral
funding of abortions.
The group went to Falwell
for financial support, ac-cording
to "Newsweek"
magazine.
see page 5
Spanish prof 'poetizes,' plays tunes
by Roger Smolik
For Curtis Barnett, new
assistant professor of Span-ish,
this year promises to
be a learning experiece as
much for him as for his
students. Yet for Barnett,
a native of the Spanish-speaking
western Carib-bean
Grand Cayaman Is-lands,
learning to deal with
the new is virtually old
hat by now. "If everyone
else can survive the Min-nesota
winter," said Bar-nett,
"then I can too." -
"There were few teach-ers
on the Islands," explain-ed
Barnett of his insatiable
curiosity as a child. As a
result, with a little train-ing
and a lot of inspiration,
he virtually taught himself
to play the piano, mando=
lin, guitar and violin.
He also taught himself
to tune pianos. "Twice each
year I go back almost spe-cifically
to tune pianos,"
said Barnett. "There are
over 200 pianos on the
Islands, and the residents
have almost no one else
they can depend on to do
that for them."
Aside from his love of
languages and music, Bar-nett
is also an accomplish-ed
writer. Currently, he
has a book of poetry avail-able
in the bookstore. And
what is his inspiration for
writing? "Christina,"
laughs Barnett, referring
to his Swiss fiancee. "She
has become my muse."
When he was almost 16,
his family moved to Brook-lyn,
New York, where he
finished high school. Be-fore
long, he shared his
brother's appraisal of New
York City: "It is not hea-ven's
hammock."
Barnett spent two years
at Houghton College, work-ing
as a reporter, then
sports editor, on the school
newspaper. Following a
summer of study at the
Institute de Estudio Ibe-roamericanos
in Mexico,
he graduated with honors
in Spanish from Brooklyn
College in 1971.
In September, 1971, he
enrolled for his master's
degree at Brooklyn College,
graduating in June 1976.
His studies included nine
months at the Universidad
de Seville in
Spain. His thesis for his
master's degree was on
Don Juana, better known
as "Juana the Mad," as a
dramatic character.
Before receiving his mas-ter's
he began teaching
Spanish at Brooklyn Col-lege.
Barnett is now work-ing
on his Ph.D. in His-panic
literature at Colum-bia
University.
Barnett was surprised
and delighted to receive
an offer to teach at Bethel.
"It was an answer to pray-er,"
he said. "I'm happy to
be at a Christian school,"
he went on, "but it is only
as Christian as the teach-ers
and the students are.
And, there is always room
for improvement."
With an international
perspective, Barnett hopes
to help his students see
beyond the borders, of Be-thel,
and of our own cul-ture,
to that of other peo-ples
and lifestyles. This
January in collaboration
with Lillian Ryberg, Bar-nett
hopes to lure some
Bethel students "beyond
the borders" on an interim
trip to Mexico.
For the effervescent Cur-tis
L.E. Barnett, learning
never stops. "If there is one
thing that we all need to
continue to learn," added
Barnett, "is that, even
though it sounds cliche,
we must learn to 'Trust in
the Lord with all our
hearts, and trust not in our
own understanding'."
Curtis Barnett, from the Spanish-speaking Caribbean, plans to
face the Minnesota winter bravely (photo by Dan Velie).
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Special Note: This article originally came to the Clar-ion
office as a letter to the editor. Upon careful reading
of the letter the Clarion felt that the information con-tained
therein would be valuable open column material.
Thus the following, by Cheryl Meltzer, Biblical and
theological studies professor, appears in its revised
form.
The Sept. 26 Clarion had as one of its feature articles the
background of my coming to Bethel. I wish to comment
on one statement in the article which is only a partial
truth, and which creates a very serious misunderstand-ing.
The statement is: "When she married she decided to
convert to Judaism."
I would like to explain some important things about
my family background which I hope will help to clarify
my rather unusual situation. My family is of obscure
Jewish lines. My parents became born-again Christians
before I entered the world, and I grew up in a conserva-tive
Protestant church community in central Wiscon-sin.
I learned of my Jewish identity from my family,
though it was not always a positive approach. My
family is very skeptical and hesitant about close Jewish
connections, mainly because of a lack of proper theolog-ical
teaching. As my thinking developed, as well as my
personal relationship with the Lord, I began to see that
the negative ways of looking at my Jewish identity
which I imbibed from my family were not in keeping
with what God was saying in his Word.
Being born-again is a very important part of my iden-tity,
but being a Jew has always been a fact of my
existence. Before God I was born a Jew, and before God
I will die a Jew. To say that I should have rejected this
sense of personal identity when I became born-again is
to say that a Swede must stop calling himself a Swede
when he becomes born-again.
The question "who is a Jew?" is exceptionally compli-cated
and one which the government and rabbinic
councils in Israel are still debating. The accepted legal
definition of a Jew is a person who has a Jewish mother.
The Jewishness of one's mother is proven by synagogue
birth and marriage records. Because of my personal
not rejected
family history I did not have these records. When I
married, I established the necessary records so that my
children will be able to be certain of their status in the
world.
I strongly object to the use of the term "convert" to
refer to this legalizing of my Jewish identity. "Conver-sion"
involves changing from one set of beliefs to
another. My beliefs were not at all involved in the
legalizing of my Jewish identity. In fact, in the strict
understanding of the meaning of the term "convert," I
also object to its use to describe the occasion when I
became born-again. I did not give up my Jewish beliefs
and practices when I believed that Jesus is my Messiah.
In fact, I did a very Jewish thing. The hope of the
Messiah is a Jewish hope. the need for a blood atonement
is Jewish theology. Gentiles (i.e., pagans) may "con-vert,"
but I, as a Jew, returned to the faith of Abraham
fulfilled in the Messiah (Hebrews 11:8-16).
That great rabbi of the past, Saul of Taurus, says a
number of very important things about how careful
Jewish and Gentile believers must be to not give offense
to one another as well as unbelievers of either back-ground.
Throughout the potentially dangerous uphea-vals
of intellectual _growth and its integration with
remained a believer because of the support and help of
born-again Gentiles. I love and cherish these friends. I
also love my own people and understand their sensi-tivities.
Jewish people have been taught to believe that they
are traitors to their people if they accept Jesus as their
Messiah, and most Gentile believers (if they have been
taught anything at all on the subject) have been taught
that in order for a Jew to become born-again he must
reject all that is essential to Judaism, in the same way
that a pagan would have to reject Hinduism, et. al.
These two misunderstandings are realities with
which I have to deal in some concrete way nearly every
day. The issues involved are complicated, and I wel-come
any opportunity I have to discuss them with
concerned individuals.
Shalom b'yeshua,
Cheryl D. Meltzer
by Annette Loeks
Dwight "Butch" Maltby,
holder of national titles in
forensics competition, is
the new face in Bethel's
speech-communication
department. Maltby teach-es
some classes and coach-es
forensics.
When Maltby was in
eighth grade, the high
school debate coach came
into his history class one
day with a student deba-ter
looking for recruits. Af-ter
listening to the coach
give the debater a topic
and the student's impromp-tu
speech, he was impressed
and decided to join.
While on the high school
team, Maltby participated
in approximately 100 tour-naments.
After high school Maltby
went to Wheaton college
where he also became in-volved
in speech and de-bate.
He specialized in ex-temporaneous
speaking
and impromptu speeches.
He participated in approx-imately
100 more tourna-ments,
adding many tro-phies
and awards to his
collection.
During his junior year
Maltby won national titles
in both extemporaneous
and impromptu speaking
and was awarded second
over all by the National
Forensics Association. He
has also won six other,
national titles in forensics.
Maltby said he enjoyed
the mental exercise of quick
thinking that competition
required.
After graduating in '78
from Wheaton College with
a B.A. in Speech and Com-munications,
Maltby spent
a year as youth ministery
at Tabernacle Church in
Norfolk, Va.
Then Maltby and Natal-ie,
his wife whom he mar-ried
during that year,
moved on to the Univer-sity
of Virginia for a year
where he taught and served
as forensics coach. During
this time he also earned
his M.A. in speech and
communication.
When Bethel asked Malt-by
to consider coming here,
his first reaction was neg-ative.
He thought he would
first like to work outside
of a Christian environment
for a while or even get a
Ph.D. After visiting Be-thel
he knew he wanted to
work here.
He is excited to be here,
but listed two drawbacks
of being in Minnesota: lack
of mountains and places
to surf.
Jewish heritage reborn
Falwell's group signs millions
After resignations, discussions, budget problems and uncertain interest, a KABY general manager
was chosen from the final two applicants. Sue Fahrenkamp, senior, has taken on the responsibili-ties
of Bethel's radio station. Her staff has yet to be selected. (photo by Doug Barkey).
from page 4
"Moral Majority is a
group of ministers who
see an enormous number
of Christians who need to
be motivated. Moral Ma-jority
is trying to organize
and educate ministers to
see the issues and give
them the tools to educate
their people," said Tim
La Ha ye.
"Time" magazine report-ed
that since the Moral
Majority was founded, in
June 1979, it claims to have
signed up 72,000 minis-ters
and 4 million lay mem-bers,
establishing chapters
in all fifty states.
From the pulpit, through
the mail, in leaflets, at
mass rallies, seminars and
on TV programs such as
Falwell's Old-Time Gospel
Hour, members of the Mor-al
Majority send their mes-sage.
They expect to raise
$5 million for political ac-tivities
this year alone.
According to "News-week,"
Falwell's Moral Ma-jority,
The Religious Round-table
and Christian Voice
work together to educate
people on the issues. They
want to see moral politi-cians
in office from town
councils to the 1980 presi-dential
race.
The Religious Round-table,
according to "News-week,"
is an interdenomi-national
group of 56 mem-bers,
most of whom are
major television preachers
as well as New Right poli-ticians.
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Carter's 'track record' attracts strong support
Editor's Note:
The following series of es-says,
written by faculty
and students, completes
the statement: I am voting
for my candidate because...
by Thomas J. Zdrazil
While Ronald Reagan has
been attempting to figure
out who the President of
France is, Carter has guided
the nation through numer-ous
international crises and
continued to show he is a
man of peace.
Carter's strength is in
international affairs. The
United States is no longer
isolationist; we are inter-dependent.
The United
States needs to strengthen
its relationships with other
nations. Carter has worked
to this end through the
Panama Canal Treaty, the
Middle East Peace Treaty
and the SALT II Treaty.
Carter's management at
Camp David, along with
his cool head in handling
the Iranian Crisis, brought
rational thinking into the
whole Middle East Crisis.
We cannot play reckless
in dealing with any other
country. Four more years
of Carter are needed to
keep the United States' fo-cus
on social justice, basic
human rights and world
harmony.
Reagan lacks finesse in
foreign affairs as evidenced
by his alienation of China.
He did not learn from Three
Mile Island that those who
play with fire can get
burned.
Carter's commitment to
building peaceful relation-ships
among nations, his
energy program and his
commitment to the ERA
earn him another presiden-tial
term.
Reagan's economic pol-icies,
which center around
huge tax cuts along with
his promise to save exist-ing
social programs and
beef up American's defense,
would wipe out virtually
every other federal pro-gram.
His promise to ap-point
a woman to the Su-preme
Court is nothing but
a play to reclaim support
lost through his anti-ERA
stance. His commitment
to economic and social
equality is superficial and
insincere.
******
by Becky Dye
Alienation of China,
alienation of the southern
people of the United States,
promises to fight equality
and to support the contin-uing
run-away control ta-ken
by the conglomerate
corporations, promises of
a nuclear arms build-up
along with expectations of
South American countries
that the United States un-der
new leadership will
supply them with military
hardware: this is what we
hear from the Republican.
candidate for president.
On the other hand, let
us look at the record; we
have a strengthened rela-tionship
with nearly all
parts of the world, a com-prehensive
energy program,
a commitment to the equal-ity
of all, and a sensible
and adequate defense poli-cy.
You make the choice.
Who would you have to
make these critical deci-sions
daily for us? These
are choices and decisions
that will affect us individ-ually.
Christ calls us in Mat-thew
25 to work for' the
social and economic needs
of all. That means every-body,
Jesus says that the
"least" of these should be
our concern. My choice is
the Carter-Mondale ticket.
To be more specific on
the issues alluded to above:
foreign policy; look at the
record, the Middle East
peace treaty, the continua-tion
of the opening of the
doors to China and Salt II.
A closely related issue
is defense, simply: do we
want a nuclear warehouse
or an adequate defense
through conventional
means.
On the basic issue of
equality, the Carter Ad-ministration
and bureacra-cy
appointments have in-cluded
women and minori-ty
races; and his commit-ment
to ERA is unquestion-able.
Rosalyn Carter has
been an active part of the
Carter-Mondale team. The
current administration has
also made provisions for
the elderly, single parents
and minority races.
Let's turn to the econ-omy.
Unemployment has
recently lowered. The rate
of inflation, dependent on
the world economy, is, in
the United States, one of
the lowest. Carter also in-stituted
zero-based budget-ing
in the federal govern-ment,
which is the most
fiscally responsible budget-ing
process. •
Continued manifestation
of equality and coopera-tion
among nations or shut-ting
ourselves off from the
world and the needy, you
decide; Carter-Mondale
will need your vote on
November 7.
by G. William Carlson
The Carter/Mondale tick-et
deserves to be re-elected
and merits strong support
from members of I he evan-gelical
community. First,
Carter has shown good lea-dership
in the area ofedu-cation.
He established the
Department of Education
at the Cabinet level to en-sure
strong input from edu-cators
in public policy de-cisions.
Federal aid to edu-cation
has increased by 73
per cent.
He has helped to secure
the passage of the Middle
Income Student Assistance
Act and provided strong
support for educational op-portunities
for the handi-capped.
For these reasons,
among others, he has re-ceived
the firm support of
both national teachers' or
ganizations (National Edu-cation
Association and
American Federation of
Teachers).
President Carter has
been the first president to
secure passage of a com-prehensive
energy pro-gram.
As a result, Ameri-cans
import one million
barrels of oil day less than
last year, gasoline consump-tion
is down eight per cent
and there is renewed inter-est
in the exploration of
alternative energy re-sources.
Ronald Reagan believes
that the best way to solve
the energy problem is to
allow the energy corpora-tions
(Mobil, Exxon, Stan-dard
etc.) to have unlim-ited
profits with the hope
that they will solve the
energy crisis for us. Carter
wants to combine reaso-nable
profits with directed
expenditures to ensure a
wise use of public resour-ces.
Do you trust the oil
companies to look out for
the public interest? Mobil
just bought Montgomery
Ward.
Third, the Carter/Mon-dale
Administration has
also worked hard to estab-lish
a good urban record, a
record that is sensitive to
the needs of minorities,
workers and senior citi-zens.
He has ensured a
greater justice in the courts
by appointing more quali-fied
women and minori-ties
to judicial posts than
any president. He has
worked hard to pass pro-grams
to aid job develop-ment
in the central cities,
develop an economic revi-talization
program for the
urban areas and support a
job program for inner-city
youth.
Since Carter has been
president, 8.5 million jobs
have been added to the
work force. He also has
encouraged the develop-ment
of women's rights
and consistently supported
the passage of the Equal
Rights Amendment, an
amendment which is es-sential
to protect both men
and women against discrim-inatory
practices on the
basis of sex.
The result of this record
is the clear support of al-most
all leaders of the
American labor movement,
most of the Civil Rights
leaders and most all may-ors
of large American ci-ties.
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Anderson offers realism and global perspective
by Debra E. Watson
and Stephen A. Jarabeck
Anderson speaks to for-eign
policy directives with
a "realistic" world view,
that seeks to keep the U.S.
strong, but not oppressive.
His ideas on defense, the
draft, SALT II, and the
Middle East are strong,
sensible policies based on
interdependence. These im-portant
positions make An-derson
a viable candidate
in our eyes.
Anderson's defense pol-icies
are directed toward
lean, efficient and cost-effective
expenditures.
By allowing for an in-crease
in basic pay, insu-rances
and allowances for
military personnel, to en-courage
draft enlistment,
he believes we can build
our manpoWer without re-instating
peacetime com-pulsary
service. This
would increase retention
of experienced officers,
thus decreasing the cost of
training new personnel.
His opposition to MX
missiles is primarily en-vironmental,
although he
does advocate an alterna-tive
missile aboard small,
conventionally powered
submarines. Furthermore,
he proposes conversion of
container ships to Fast De-ployment
Logistic ships,
as well as procuring addi-tional
aerial tankers and
expansion of the Civil Re-serve
Air Fleet.
Internationally, Ander-son
recognizes the need
for interdependency, while
retaining the autonomy of
the United States. He be-lieves
the U.S. needs SALT
II, as well as calling for
strong action against the
Soviet invasion of Afgh-anistan
and similar expan-sionist
policies.
Certainly Anderson ad-vocates
negotiation, not
war. He sees an important
role for the U.S. is in Mid-dle
East peace negotiations
as an arbiter, not a staunch
Israeli supporter.
Most noteworthy is that
Anderson recognizes the
need for prestige, influence
and power abroad, while
remembering that the U.S.
is one of ninny nations.
We support Anderson
because of his foreign pol-icy
proposals. As a former
foreign service officer, An-derson
is well equipped
with skills in foreign pol-icy,
in comparison to Rea-gan
who has no experience.
Anderson was raised in
the Evangelical Free
Church, and calls himself
a "born-again" Christian.
While his policies should
not be interpreted as "Chris-
-tian" or "non-Christian,"
his realistic viewpoints de-mand
the attention and
the vote of the American
public.
by Donald N. Larson
Professor of Linguistics
I am going to vote for
John B. Anderson for Pres-ident
because:
1) I want to register a
protest against the lack of
global perspective present
in the two parties and their
respective candidates. The
earth's resources know no
national boundaries; we
create them.
We also create a tech-nology
to exploit these re-sources,
and then this tech-nology
reshapes and re-forms
us. The technologi-cal
gap and our competi-tiveness
in exploiting the
resources of the earth are
linked together in such a
way that we could destroy
ourselves.
Today there is no visa-ble
alternative to a global
perspective in which we
cooperate, not compete, in
the use of these resources.
It is time for a new "decla-ration
of interdependence."
The parties take none of
this into account, operat-ing
on the assumption that
none of this needs to be
taken seriously. Only John
B. Anderson, who dares to
symbolize the problem by
recommending a 50 cents
per gallon tax on gasoline,
and Barry Commoner
seem to have a realistic
global perspective.
2) I want to register a
protest against a system
which holds its own citi-zens
hostage in order to
gain a diplomatic advan-tage
over another and a
citizenry that is too apa-thetic
to feel enough rage
to demand that their lead-ers
pay the price for releas-ing
them. A vote for John
B. Anderson is a way to
say this.
3) I want my vote to
support someone whose
personal world view and
life style resemble my own.
I distrust those who have
accumulated vast stores
of personal wealth through
the exploitation of base
urges and drives, such as
the movie industry, or of
land-poor laborers, such
as the case in much of the
South. John B. Anderson
qualifies.
4) I want my vote to
represent what I believe:
win, lose or draw.
I sincerely hope that you
will not cave in to the mind-lessness
of winning and
losing as you decide how
to use your vote. If you
think the system needs a
massive shake-up, don't
stay home. Go to the polls
and vote for Anderson.
If through some quirk of
events he should be elect-ed,
new coalitions would
be formed, and this might
wake the citizenry out of a
long sleep induced by over-consumption.
If he should merely get
one out of every four or
five votes, Anderson and
his constituency would rise
up to haunt the next pres-ident
at every turn of the
road. Join me in sending a
powerful message to the
movers and shakers of the
major parties of our na-tion.
by Tony Anderson and
Aleta Johansen
As we move around the
campus, we hear people
talking about their pre-ferred
presidential candi-date.
Listening to these peo-ple
makes two wonder by
what criteria many of them
have chosen to support
their candidate so dogma-tically.
Many "one-liners"
are given. "He'll cut taxes
by 30 per cent," "He's
against ERA." "We need
prayer in the the public
schools." "He's against
gays." But have these peo-ple
analyzed the values
which underlie these "one-liners"
or have they consi-dered
the implications of
such policies?
What would a 30 per
cent tax cut mean for the
delivery of necessary gov-ernment
services? In Cali-fornia
in 1970 similar tax
and spending hatchet work
resulted in a $25 million
cut. in homemaker servi-ces
for the aged, blind and
handicapped. The effects
of these policies were cruel.
The decisionmaker re-sponsible
for the Califor-nia
tragedy and the can-didate
supporting the 30
per cent tax cut are one and
the same. Without a prom-ise
of which programs
would be protected, and
given the unfortunate re-cord
of previous actions,
one must re-evaluate the
wisdom of such massive
tax slashes.
We often dehumanize the
issues to ideologies exist-ing
in a vacuum. The truth
is that policies affect real
people. Have you ever talked
to a person you knew
was gay? They hurt and
they laugh; they are gen-erous,
and they have self-ish
ambitions; they like
pizza, and they hate spin-ach;
they are real people.
"They" are more like "us"
than is someone in ano-ther
culture with an affec-tional
preference like ours.
Logic reveals how insig-nificant
the distinction of
sexual preference is for
societal cooperation. If you
need a carpenter to build
your home, how much
sense would it make to
hire someone on the basis
of their sexual preference
rather than on criteria of
their ability to build a
house?
As Christians our deci-sion
on gay rights is not
based on whether homo-sexuality
is right or wrong,
but on the example and
teachings of Jesus and the
teachings of the epistles. If
this is not clear enough,
ask if we really want to
impose our religious mor-ality
on others with the
possibility of the situation
one day being reversed.
We are not slinging mud.
A major part of choosing a
candidate is comparing the
available choice. It is es-sential
that each position
be analyzed thoroughly.
Merely accepting vague
statements without examin-ing
underlying values and
implications can be tragic.
Yes, we do support John
Anderson. We do not in-tend
to convince you to
support him, but to ana-lyze
each candidate's posi-tion.
Go to the library
and check out the Reagan
and Anderson position pa-pers.
Why accept "one-lin-ers"?
ANDERSON
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Conservative voters look to Reagan for stability
by John McDowell
There are three reasons
why I believe the election
of Ronald Reagan is essen-tial
to America's future sta-bility:
First, the nation's econ-omy,
under President Car-ter's
administration, has
declined dangerously in the
last four years, beset by
increasing unemployment
and worsening inflation.
Second, during these
same four Carter years,
the nation's moral fiber
had eroded to such a de-gree
that we are confront-ed
with the tragic threat of
total collapse of the family
structure—the very foun-dation
of our national her-itage.
Third, during the Carter
years, our nation's foreign
policy has been disastrous.
Typical of the present for-eign
policy is the repeated
line by the party that dic-tates
that up is down, sad
is happy and all the ills of
mankind are the fault of
those nasty old anti-com-munists.
These days of crisis de-mand
decisive, sound lea-dership
and strong moral
convictions. But these vital
factors are missing in the
Carter administration—an
administration that, like
Peter's boasting—voiced
pledges of honor and trust
it failed to keep.
Ronald Reagan, on the
other hand, has a proven
record of strong and far-sighted
leadership as gov-ernor
of California. He is a
man of firm conviction, a
man of high principles, a
man who is dedicated to
rebuilding the foundation
of our American standards
that have been scorned,
neglected and left to erode.
Most of all, Ronald Rea-gan
recognizes the "global
baloney" that pretends the
communist spectre is just
a nighttime bogeyman that
will vanish in the dawn of
the brave new world that's
waiting for mankind around
some distant corner.
by Cindy Martin
The basis for my sup-port
of Ronald Reagan cen-ters
around his proposals
which seek to shift the
United States away from
BIG government. Within
this basic concept comes a
push to recreate American
life as it was in days past,
when in many segments
of our society the govern-ment
couldn't influence be-cause
its hands were tied.
Most would agree that
today there are simply too
many areas where those
strings have been loosened.
Reagan's reason for em-phasizing
the necessity for
a shift towards a more
decentralized and smaller
government certainly is
evident when one looks at,
for example, the govern-ment's
ability to continu-ally
escalate the amoun t
of federal taxes collected,
while concurrently wast-ing
more and more of those
"vitally needed" dollars
each day.
As cited by the gover-nor,
his proposals for gov-ernment
deregulation, tax
cuts and an all-out effort
to trim government waste,
will have a positive effect
on all segments of our so-ciety.
There are issues most
often cited in the Chris-tian
community as "those
most able to produce grave
consequences." To these is-sues,
perhaps being a bit
simplistic, but without fur-ther
statement, I feel Rea-gan
responds in a manner
which directs their resolu-tion
towards a path they
should follow. Two exam-ples:
he opposes abortion
on demand and has pro-posed
an amendment in
support of voluntary school
prayer.
Having heard his testi-mony
expressing his per-sonal
faith in Jesus Christ,
I am pleased. However, I
do not base my support
for him on this "knowl-edge"
of mine.
My support comes be-cause
of Reagan's positions
on the issues, his worth-while
proposals and the
excellent administrative
guidance he'll bring with
him to the White House.
For these reasons I can
substantiate my decision
to vote for Reagan and
pray for his victory in No-vember.
by Wayne Grudem,
Asst. Professor of Theol-ogy
I would like to mention
three major reasons why I
have decided to vote for
Ronald Reagan this Novem-ber.
First, the economy.
President Carter has not
really helped the poor, he
has hurt them. There are
1,000,000 more people out
of work today than when
he took office. Prices have
gone up over 45 per cent.
That means that inflation
has averaged over 11 per
cent with Jimmy Carter in
GA
office.
The average American
worker has not been helped
either. The average Amer-ican
worker now earns 8.5
per cent less per week in
real income than when Car-ter
took office. That's mov-ing
backwards!
The problem is not oil
prices, as Carter would
have us believe. The prob-lem
is rather a federal gov-ernment
that has grown
so large that it strangles
the productive sector of
the economy with exces-sive
taxes and restrictions.
In Carter's economy, the
rich get poorer, the poor
get poorer, and you and I
become poorer. No one
wins—no one, that is,
except the government.
There is a fundamental
economic question in this
campaign: do we want to
follow Carter's plan and
give more and more of our
national wealth to govern-ment?
Or do we agree with
Ronald. Reagan that we
should leave much more
wealth with the people,
with the private sector of
the economy, through sig-nificantly
lower taxes?
I side with Ronald Rea-gan
in that argument for
this reason: the govern-ment
is not a producer.
The - government doesn't
make cars or loaves of
bread or TV's or clothing.
The private sector of the
economy does that: it pro-duces
our wealth. So in
order to do permanent long-term
good for our society
we must stop the federal
government from taking
so much of our money.
Of course, lots of politi-cians
have promised to re-duce
the size of govern-ment
and they have failed.
Why do I think Ronald
Reagan will succeed? Be-cause
his record proves
his ability.
When Reagan became gov-ernor
of California the
state treasury was
$194,000,000 in debt. The
debt was increasing at the
rate of $1,000,000 per day.
But Reagan turned the
state around. He cut taxes.
He cut government spend-ing.
When he left office the
state had a $554,000,000
surplus in the state trea-sury.
That indicates to me a.
high degree of competence
as a leader and adminis-trator.
This is especially
true because in economic
terms California is larger
than all but seven nations
of the world.
Ronald Reagan is a man
who not only says he cares
for the poor; he has proven
that he will do something
to help them.
Second, defense.
The United States will
never start a war. We are
not an aggressive nation.
Neither will the Soviet
Union start a war—until
it thinks itself certain to
win. Then it will readily
start a war, as the recent
events in Afghanistan dem-onstrate.
So I ask this question:
with which president, Rea-gan
or Carter, would the
Soviet Union be most like-ly
to launch a conventional
war for the dominance of
the Persian Gulf or West-ern
Europe, or a nuclear
first strike to destroy our
missiles?
To me the answer is
clear: war is much more
likely under a president
who is making us a weak
and vulnerable target. Car-ter
has presided over a
tremendous weakening of
our military capabilities.
I'm afraid of war. That's
why I want to return to
the strong and secure Amer-ica
I grew up in. That's
why I am voting for Ronald
Reagan, whose strong de-fense
policies are most like-ly
to keep the Soviet Union
from ever starting a war.
Third, abortion.
In the Old Testament, if
someone takes another per-son's
life by carelessness,
he must flee to the city of
refuge until the death of
the high priest. There is
only one case in the Old
Testament where acciden-tally
causing a death re-sults
in the death penalty:
in Exodus 21:22-25 anyone
who accidentally causes
an unborn child to die is
punished by death. (See
NASB margin, or KJV
for a more literal and ac-curate
translation.) If ac-cidentally
causing the
death of an unborn child is
that serious in God's eyes,
what must God think of
abortion, which intention-ally
causes the death of an
unborn child'?
President Carter refuses
to act to stop this great
national sin. He opposes a
pro-life amendment to the
Constitution. Only Ronald
Reagan supports a pro-life
amendment to the Consti-tution,
which will stop this
great evil by overturning
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Page 10
VOC experience challenges, meets needs of whole person
by Annette Loeks
When Bob Weaver and
15 Bethel students travel
to Jackson, Miss. for inte-rim
1981, it will be the
third group of Bethel stu-dents
to spend a month at
Voice of Calvary (VOC).
Voice of Calvary is a
Christian organization
based in Jackson, Miss.,
that includes a health care
center, educational pro-grams
for both adults and
children, a cooperative
farm, renovations of old
homes to be sold to the
underprivileged and a co-operative
thrift shop.
John Perkins, a black
Chapel Schedule
Monday
George Brushaber
Tuesday
Niles Borge Gardh
Wednesday
Lee Eliason
Thursday Art Holmes
Friday Paul Finlay
by Roger L. Smolik
Senior Jeff Magnuson
may be one of the very few
students actually looking
forward to mid-December,
when snowflakes and fin-als
both fall upon Bethel.
Magnuson is not masochis-tic.
He is optimistic about
December because he will
be taking off for Sweden
as the recipient of the Glen
Seaborg Nobel Travel
Award of the Swedish
Council of America.
The award includes tra-vel
and living expenses
and inclusion in all major
activities surrounding the
1980 presentation of the
Nobel prizes on December
10 in Stockholm. Dr. Sea-minister,
formed Voice of
Calvary Church in 1964.
Perkins saw the poverty
in rural Mississippi and
decided God wanted him
to help. VOC encourages
people to learn to help them-selves
and regain their self-esteem.
"VOC works to meet the
needs of the whole per-son,"
said Cindy Kallstrom,
a junior who spent last
interim in Mississippi.
During interim '79 Dave
Sperry, associate professor
in anthropology, took the
first class of Bethel stu-dents
to work at VOC.
The course was titled "The
Christian and Social Jus-tice."
Last interim Stan And-erson,
associate professor
in philosophy, led 15 stu-dents
to VOC for that
course.
"I found out I am naive
to the conditions of being
poor and oppressed," said
Cathy Tucker, senior, who
spent the summer of '79 at
VOC and returned interim
borg, a Nobel laureate in
1951 and president of the
Council, will accompany
Jeff during the ceremon-ies.
And what about finals?
"I'm not worrying about
them," he said. "This is a
once-in-a-lifetime oppor-tunity
to associate with
the best minds in the world-besides,
I've never traveled
overseas before," he add-ed.
While in Sweden, Mag-nuson
also hopes to visit
his cousin in medical
school, and see the oldest
surgical amphitheater in
the world at the Univer-sity
of Uppsala.
Competition for the
award was open to science
`80. "I wanted to see for
myself what it was like
after hearing John Perkins
speak and reading books."
John Perkins also in-spired
Anderson. "He im-pressed
me as a man with
deep concerns for his peo-ple
both spiritual and phy-sical,"
said Anderson.
The interim class in-volves
physical as well as
intellectual work. "We
spent a week discussing,
in depth, the things we
saw at VOC," said Kall-strom.
"I have never be-fore
been so challenged.
We discussed social jus-tice
and our responsibility
as Christians. It was mind-boggling."
"It strengthened us to
try and figure out what it
meant to be a Christian
with these conditions
around us. We were all
learning different things
because we'd never seen
anybody in such poverty,"
said Tucker.
The students helped
VOC people with two dif-students
from the six col-leges
in America founded
by Swedish immigrants:
Augustana in Rock Island,
Ill., Bethany in Lindsborg,
Kans., Gustavus Adolphus
in St. Peter, Minn., North
Park in Chicago, Ill., and
Upsala in East Orange,
N.J., and Bethel. The recip-ient
was selected on the
basis of Swedish ancestry,
academic achievement, fac-ulty
recommendation and
creative potential.
At Bethel, Jeff has main-tained
a 4.0 GPA, major-ing
in chemistry and minor-ing
in biology and mathe-matics.
He has been accept-ed
to the University of
Minnesota Medical School,
ferent projects. "The stu-dents
helped tear apart an
old store so tradesmen
could come in and build a
co-op thrift store. Some
helped renovate old homes
to be sold to blacks," said
Anderson.
"It was a life-changing
experience," said Tucker,
"I can't be comfortable in a
ministry where I can't meet
the people's total needs.
Being there three months
is hard mentally. I can
walk away from there but
my black friends can't."
Kallstrom said, "I learned
that if I want to serve the
Lord, I want to help the
whole person—not only
preach at the head. We
live in a sheltered cocoon
at Bethel, and VOC showed
me that we need to get out
of ourselves."
"We didn't learn any-thing
we'd never been told,"
said Anderson, "but the
experience of being there
showed us the reality of
segregation, injustice and
the despair of poverty."
where he will begin stu-dies
this coming Septem-ber.
Receiving the Seaborg
Award came as a surprise.
"I didn't have my hopes up
too high because I knew of
the distinguished record
of some of the schools in-volved,"
said Magnuson.
"And as much as I'm ex-cited
and honored to be
chosen, I'm more proud of
what it says about Bethel
and especially its chemis-try
department."
Carter,
from page 6
Finally, the Carter/Mon-dale
administration has rec-ognized
that national secur-ity
cannot be solely defined
in terms of an everescalat-ing
military weapon sys-tem
but as a combination
of reasonable arms devel-opment,
national well-be-ing,
and assistance to na-tions
needing economic de-velopment
and food. He
supports SALT II.
He has worked hard to
defuse tensions in the Mid-dle
East, establish mean-ingful
and necessary ties
with the People's Republic
of China, support neces-sary
liberation for Third
The group stayed toge-ther
in one house. "Eight-een
people in one house
taught me responsibility,"
said Kallstrom. "Six girls
in one bedroom and 10
using one bathroom!"
"The Christian and So-
World peoples still living
in apartheid situations (Zim-babwe)
and respond mean-ingfully
to the irrational,
irresponsible acts of the
Soviet Union. We do not
need a return to a "macho"
foreign policy which wish-es
to commit American
troops to every little skir-mish
in the world.
In this election we have
a choice: a choice between
a president who under-stands
that evangelicals
must integrate politics
with a firm sense of com-mitment
to economic and
social justice rather than a
candidate (Reagan) who
wishes to link his politics
to a dangerous new right
wing.
Carter has fought hard
for the rights of Soviet
cial Justice" class this in-terim
will be led by Bob
Weaver, assistant profes-sor
in the business depart-ment.
He will take 15 more
students to spend interim
working and learning at
VOC.
believers; he has under-stood
the need for Ameri-cans
to be involved in re-lieving
hunger, and he has
recognized that the federal
government must play an
active role in providing
human services for all mem-bers
of our society.
I recognize that some of
my liberal friends have
worked hard to elect John
Anderson for president. He
is a decent and intelligent
man. However, his voting
record is not all that lib-eral
on basic economic is-sues
and a vote for Ander-son
is likely to ensure the
election of a person most
of us are afraid of, namely
Reagan. On November 4
join me in voting for the
Carter/Mondale ticket.
Jeff Magnuson honored with Nobel travel award
by Wendi Engel
Shari Reasoner, a petite
blonde with a vibrant per-sonality,
is new to the
physical education (p.e.)
teaching staff here at Be-thel,
but not new to Bethel.
She graduated from Bethel
in '77 with a physical edu-cation
major, kindergar-ten
through twelfth grades.
"It's different being a
teacher, not a student. I'm
still getting used to it,"
Reasoner stated. She feels
that the Bethel atmosphere
is still the same as when she
attended as a student. "Be-thel
hasn't compromised
its Christian standards as
so many colleges have."
The changes that have ta-ken
place at Bethel in the
last year—new classes,
programs, and faculty—Rea-soner
sees as positive
changes.
After graduating, Rea-soner
went to Japan and
taught English for a year
in a large English school
for all ages. She then
taught p.e. for grades 1-12
and coached cross country,
tennis, track, and field
hockey.
Upon returning from Ja-pan,
Reasoner accepted the
position at Bethel. Her one-year
contract began Sept.
2. Her job description in-cludes
instructor in p.e.
activity classes and instruc-tor
to elementary p.e. educa-tion
and elementary p.e.
student teachers.
Reasoner resides in
south Minneapolis with
her husband, Paul. Hd
coaches men's junior var-sity
basketball and wom-en's
tennis here. He will
also be teaching an interim
course.
Her interests include run-ning,
reading, and things
connected with Japan. She
and her husband see a good
possibility of returning to
Japan. Her husband was
born and raised in Japan
as a missionary kid.
As husband and wife
they enjoy sports-oriented
activities in their free time.
They also enjoy quiet even-ings
reading at home.
Shari Reasoner is back at Bethel, but now as a member of the
physical education staff. (Photo by Paul Gavic).
Pagell
Men's X-C
run strong,
place high
by Ellie Abbott
"The team ran well des-pite
the weather and the
fact that we were without
some team members," com-mented
Coach Glader after
the cross-country race on
Saturday.
The men's cross coun-try
team placed second be-hind
Northwestern College,
but defeated Macalester,
Gustavus, Pillsbury. and
St. Scholastica.
Reasoner new to P.E. staff
Campus Crusade for Christ seeks potential disciples
by Wendi Engel
"Do I have to witness if I
come to your activities?"
This is the question most
often asked by students
who are invited to a Cam-pus
Crusade for Christ
(CCC) function. The an-swer
is no, but the activi-ties
are geared towards
evangelism and developing
the student into a multi-plying
disciple.
CCC does not intend to
draw large multitudes to
functions. Bill Andrews,
who has been with Be-thel's
CCC full-time for 3
years, said that the pur-pose
was "not to attract
everybody. The group
wants to attract potential
leaders and disciples who
are serious about sharing
their faith." Andrews said
that Bethel, as a commun-ity
of Christians, is a logi-cal
place to find potential
leaders in evangelism.
The goal of CCC at Be-thel
is to see students
graduate from Bethel and
move into vocations, train-ed
in evangelism and dis-cipleship
so that they have
an impact on the world for
Jesus Christ. CCC wants
to promote all areas of
spiritual growth so the stu-dent
will develop into this
multiplying disciple.
Weekly activities include
witnessing to the students
on the U of M campus and
door-to-door witnessing.
Thursday evening students
also go to the U of M to
meet with students there
to learn more about wit-nessing
and discipleship.
Recent activities in-clude
a retreat, Fri-Sun.,
Oct. 10-12, at Camp Induhapi,
22 miles west of the Twin
Cities. Jesse James, area
director for CCC in Wis-consin,
will be the guest
speaker. The lectures and
workshops will center
around the theme: "Can
God use and outlaw and a
renegade?" Oct. 22-24 Josh
McDowell, a renowned speak-er
to college-age students,
spoke at meetings at the U
of M. McDowell also spoke
in Bethel chapel Oct. 22.
The highlight of the year
is the Daytona trip. Stu-dents
go to the Florida
beaches during spring
break to share their faith
with other college students.
Last year CCC had ap-
Reagan,
from page 8
the 1973 Supreme Court
ruling.
To me the choice in this
election is clear: to vote for
Ronald Reagan is to vote
for the outlawing of abor-tions,
for a strong and se-cure
America and for a
healthy economy.
Finally, let me say that
it was a growing convic-tion
about the profound
seriousness of the abor-tion
question that made
me speak out on a political
issue.
It seems to me that abor-proximately
100 studentS
involved in the different
areas. 25-30 students wit-nessed
weekly, 30-40 went
to the U of M on Thurs-days,
and about 50 went
to Daytona.
Debbie King is the new
member of the full-time
CCC staff at Bethel. She
previously worked on staff
at St. Cloud State Univer-sity
for two-and-a-half
years.
tion is so serious a matter
that this might be much
more than just a presiden-tial
election. It might be a
referendum in which God
allows us to choose our
future as a nation.
If as a country we vote
for continued abortions, we
also vote for a weak de-fense
and a crippled econ-omy.
But if we vote to stop
abortions, we also vote for
a strong defense and a
healthy economy. I don't
think that alignment of is-sues
is accidental. I think
that God will give us exact-ly
what we choose as a
nation.
Senior Brent Friesen con-tinued
to maintain the top
position for Bethel and
placed third overall out of
a field of thirty-one run-ners.
His time of 27:44 over
a five-mile course was on-ly
thirty seconds behind
the winner of the race.
Dwight Newman was
the second runner for Be-thel
and sixth overall. Tim
Snyder placed eighth. Ross
Fleming was in the elev-enth
spot, Mike Nelson
placed eighteenth, and Rob
Peitzman was close behind
Nelson for the number nine-teen
position. Steve Ode-gard
rounded out the Roy-al
team and placed 23rd
overall.
Despite the cold rain,
which caused a slippery
course, Ross Fleming "ran
the best he has run all sea-son,"
said Coach Glader.
"All the men ran well con-sidering
the conditions we
ran under."
Tomorrow at 11:00 a.m.
the Royals will race in the
conference meet at Como
Park. Brent Friesen will be
a contender for a top posi-tion
in the meet.
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Deb Omath hits the ball high in the homecoming game in which
the Royals defeated St. Thomas.
Page 12 sports
Royals trample Scots, 41-14
Frank Sanza throws completed pass to
looks on. (Photo by Paul Gavic)
touchdown. Captain Jim Anderstrom
Sophomore Linda Hallblade passes a Hamline runner to lead
Bethel to a first place tie.
'by Phil Almeroth
The Bethel Royals won
their first game in twelve
tries last Saturday as they
routed Macalester Scots
41-14. The Royal defense
dominated the game, as
they piled up 369 yards in
total offense. The defense
and special teams were
also outstanding as they
supplied the offense with
good field position. All in
all, it was an outstanding
performance by a team who
has not given up on itself
despite a long losing spell.
"It was really nice to
win," said Assistant Coach
Craig Dahl. "We approach-ed
the game with the out-look
that everyone wanted
to support each other and
build each other up. Eve-ryone
did that, and it real-ly
helped. Also, we didn't
make very many mistakes.
This win really helped to
build confidence in the
guys."
If there were any doubts
about whether or not Be-thel
could beat Mac, they
were quickly erased by
the Royals. Rich Duehn
returned the opening kick-off
23 yards and the of-fense
took it from there.
Freshman Doug Hill ran
for two first downs, then
quarterback Jim Ander-strom
threw to split end
Pete Kramka, who was
brought down on the five-yard
line. _
Three plays later, Dave
Kadlec bulled over from
the one yard line to give
the Royals their first points
of the day. Paul Lindberg's
kick made the score 7-0. In
the second quarter Ken Coo-per
returned a Mac punt
52 yards, but again the
offense couldn't capitalize
and Bethel had to punt.
The Royals then grabbed
a quick TD on a trick play
as flanker Frank Sanza
faked a run and threw to
Cooper who sprinted un-touched
into the end zone.
The play covered 45 yards
and made the score 13-0,
the Royals having missed
the conversion. The Roy-als
then scored another
touchdown before the half
as Anderstrom passed to
Rich Graves from eight
yards out to give Bethel a
20-0 half time lead.
"A big point in the game
was when we held them to
start the second half, and
then went down the field
and scored" said Dahl. An-derstrom's
32-yard touch-down
pass to Cooper seem-ed
to destroy any hope the
Scots had of a come-back
The extra point was missed
and the Royals led 26-0.
Then, late in the third guar-ter,
Cooper again got be-hind
the Macalester secon-dary
and took Anderstrom's
pass in stride as he raced
into the end zone. The 63
yard play was a major
part of the 241 yards the
Royals accumulated
through the air. Rich Duehn
then passed to Cooper for
a two-point conversion
that lifted the Royals' lead
to 34-0.
Macalester finally got
on the scoreboard via a 35-
yard TD pass, but Bethel
answered right back. Steve
Doten came in to quarter-back
the Royals, and led
them down the field, cul-minating
the drive with a
two-yard pass.to Cooper.
It was "Coop's" fourth touch-down
reception of the clay.
Along with Paul Lindberg's
kick, it will give Bethel its
. 41st point of the day. Mac-alester
scored at the end of
the game to make the final
score 41-14 in favor of the
Royals.
"We really played loose
and did the job" said Dahl.
"We're definitely looking
forward to our last three
games." The Royals travel
to Northfield to take on St.
Olaf (2-4) this week, then
return home for their final
two contests against St.
Thomas (2-4) and Augs-burg
(4-2),
Sports Events
Soccer—Oct. 28, Dordt,
Iowa, Away 7:00 pm
Football'— Nov. 1, St.
Thomas, Home, 1:30 pm
Volleyball—Oct. 28, Dr.
Martin Luther College,
Home 6:30 pm
Oct. 30, St.
Theresa, Home, 6:30 pm
By Becky Dye
The women's volleyball
team will compete in its
last two home games next
week before going on the
road to wind-up its sea-son.
On Tuesday the spi-kers
will take on the Uni-versity
of Minnesota jun-ior
varsity team and, on
Thursday the spikers will
host their last conference
game with Moorhead.
Coach Cindy Book com-mented,
"That (Moorhead)
will he a biggie. Our con-ference
record is now 2-2.
We need to play well
against Moorhead."
Moorhead has beaten the
Royals earlier this season.
Last Saturday the Spik-ers
defeated St. Thomas in
four games. The scores:
16-18 15-8, 15-7 and 15-10.
The women's volleyball
team had a busy week;
they were defeated by St.
Benedict's on Thursday, on
Wednesday Bethel defeated
Normandale and on Tues-day
the Royals soundly
beat Hamline.
"St. Benedict's was really
psyched to play us. We
had beaten them earlier in
the season. They had the
momentum and we couldn't
get it to change," comment-ed
Coach Book.
Bethel demolished Ham-line
in three games, 15-7,
15-8 and 15-7. Bethel de-feated
Hamline at the Pip-ers
own tournament ear-lier
in the season and Ham-line
was hungry to win
but the Royals earned the
victory.
"We played really well.
Betsy Koonce served very
well and Mary Fawley did
very well in the middle,
both hitting and blocking,"
commented Coach Book.
The Royals' overall re-cord
is 18-6. •
Coach Book "anticipates
no problem" in qualifying
for the State Tournament
to be held at Macalester,
November 7 and 8.
Cross country
ties for first,
sets record
by Brad Nauman
The women's cross-coun-try
team finished in a first-place
tie in the Bethel Invi-tational
held on our course
last Saturday. Bethel and
Hamline each scored 54
points to come out on top.
They were followed by
Gustavus with 61, St. Tho-mas
with 67 and St. Scho-lastica
with 103.
Bethel's Ellie Abbott fin-ished
first individually
with a new course record
of 19:55. The old record
was 20:00. Lana Lauwers
set a freshman course re-cord
with a ninth place
finish of 21:40. Brenda Har-ris
finished third for Be-thel,
tenth overall, at 21:48.
She was followed by no. 13
Linda Hallblade (22:05), no.
21 Chris LeVesseur (22:45),
no. 28 Joanne Feril (24:34),
no. 30 Carla Lurch (24:55),
and no. 34 Penny Lyon
(27:06).
Coach Leighton Betz
feels that his team is peak-ing
at the right time. "Eve-ryone
ran their best time
of the year on a tough,
hilly course such as Be-thel's
and if we continue to
improve, we should do fair-ly
well in the state meet,"
said Betz. "Individually,
Ellie Abbott has a good
chance to finish in the top
ten," he continued.
The state meet will he
held at St. Olaf in North-field
tomorrow. Betz esti-mated
that approximately
12 teams would compete.
Spikers win four, aim for state meet